| Appetitive (a.) Having the quality of desiring gratification; as, appetitive power or faculty. Thesaurus Entries acquisitive, agog, alacritous, all agog, amative, amatory, amorous, animated, anxious, appetitive, ardent, avid, breathless, bursting to, desiderative, desireful, desiring, eager, erotic, forward, full of life, grabby, grasping, greedy, hopeful, hoping, hormic, impassioned, impatient, itchy, keen, lascivious, libidinal, libidinous, lickerish, lively, longing, loverlike, loverly, lustful, needing, optative, panting, passionate, prehensile, prompt, quick, raring to, ready, ready and willing, sexual, spirited, tempted, vital, vivacious, vivid, wanting, wishful, wishing, yearning, zestful | ![]() |