Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun starvation

2 senses of starvation

Sense 1
starvation, famishment -- (a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period)
       => hunger, hungriness -- (a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation)

Sense 2
starvation, starving -- (the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care")
       => privation, deprivation -- (act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights")