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Thirster

Definition: Thirster

Thirster

Noun

1. A person with a strong desire for something; "a longer for money"; "a thirster after blood"; "a yearner for knowledge".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Thirster

Synonyms: longer (n), yearner (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Thirster

English words defined with "thirster": longeryearner. (references)

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Modern Translations: Thirster

Language Translations for "thirster"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

διψών (athirst, thirsty). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

irsterthay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Thirster

Derivations

Words beginning with "thirster": thirsters. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Thirster"

Words rhyming with "thirster" (pronounced 'Thirst"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Thirster

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-h-i-r-r-s-t-t"

-1 letter: hitters, ritters, territs, tithers.

-2 letters: hirers, hitter, ritter, sitter, territ, theirs, theist, thirst, titers, tither, tithes, titres, triers, triste, triter.

-3 letters: heirs, heist, hirer, hires, ither, riser, rites, shier, shire, shirr, shirt, teths, their, tiers, tires, titer, tithe, titre, trets, trier, tries, trite.

-4 letters: errs, erst, eths, heir, hers, hest, hets, hies, hire, hist.

 Words containing the letters "e-h-i-r-r-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: thirsters, thirstier.

 

+2 letters: birthrates, erythrites, straighter, stretchier, thermistor, urethritis.

 

+3 letters: afterbirths, arthritides, bitterbrush, erythristic, ghostwriter, haircutters, heartstring, pyrrhotites, tetrarchies, thermistors.

 

+4 letters: airworthiest, ghostwriters, hairsplitter, heartstrings, intergrowths, ornithopters, orthopterist, straightbred, straightener, thitherwards, urethritises.

 

+5 letters: architectures, arthropathies, bitterbrushes, hairsplitters, horticultures, lithotripters, matriarchates, orchestrating, orchestration, orthopterists, orthopteroids, patriarchates, protectorship, prototrophies, straightbreds, straighteners, stratospheric, tetrahedrites, thermometries, thermotropism, thunderstrike, trichopterans, trimethoprims, trisoctahedra.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Thirster


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 68 69 72 73 74 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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