Synonyms for Desire:

n.
• affection
- Amore
- Propensities
• aim
- de sign
- de signs
- de-sign
- de-signs
- in tent
- in-tent
- where is heading
- where is headings
- where one is headings
• ambition
- fire belly
- get and go
- get and goes
- get go
- get goes
- get up go
- get up goes
- pre tension
- pre tensions
- pre-tension
- pre-tensions
• aspiration
- fire the belly
• attribute
- desire
• choice
- alternative
- choice
- decision
- determination
- discretion
- judgment
- option
- pick
- selection
- volition
• concupiscence
- sexual desire
• covet
- covet
• craving
- craving
• desire
- Ardency
- acquisitiveness
- amorousness
- expectation
- greed
- trust
- urge
- want
• dream
- flight fancy
• emotion
- empathy
- excitability
- responsiveness
- vibe
- vibes
• envy
- avarice
- discontent
- dissatisfaction
- resentment
• fall for
- fall
• fancy
- cup tea
- drutherses
- fool paradise
- fools paradise
- velleities
- weakness fors
• fetish
- leanings
• flame
- be loved
- be-loved
• free will
- free decision
- one's choice
- one's discretion
- one's own choice
- one's own will
- own say so
- own sweet way
- person's full intent and purpose
- say so
- voluntary decision
• goad
- in citation
- in citations
- in-citation
- in-citations
• heat
- ferocities
- ferocity
- impetuosity
• hope
- anticipation
- confidence
- contemplation
- faith
- optimism
- presumption
- sureness
• hunger
- a stomach fors
- big eye
- esuriences
- eyes fors
- famishments
- greedinesses
- hungrinesses
- munchy
• idol
- eidola
- eidolons
- pagan symbols
- super star
- super stars
- super-star
- super-stars
• impulse
- actuation
- excitant
- excitants
- impellent
• inclination
- pre disposition
- pre dispositions
- pre-disposition
- pre-dispositions
• intent/intention
- in tents
- in-tents
- name game
- name the game
- nuts bolts
- under standing
- under standings
- under-standing
- under-standings
• liking
- Palates
• love
- adoration
- attachment
- communion
- devotion
- endearment
- faithfulness
- friendliness
- idolization
- intimacy
- kinship
- oneness
- romance
- sentimentality
- tenderness
• lust
- salaciousnesses
• mania
- ax grind
- bee bonnet
- bug ear
- dis order
- dis orders
- dis-order
- dis-orders
- fixed ideas
- in sanities
- in sanity
- in-sanities
- in-sanity
- monomanias
- on brain
- tiger by tail
• mind
- out look
- out looks
- out-look
- out-looks
- point view
- way thinking
• mood
- frame mind
- high spiritses
- low spirit
• motivation
- Geese
- gooses
- motivations
• request
- appeal
- demand
- entreaty
- inquiry
- invitation
- plea
- probe
- query
- question
- request
- requisition
- solicitation
- summons
• sexuality
- sexual urge
v.
• aspire
- am ambitious
- am eager
- are ambitious
- are eager
- art ambitious
- being ambitious
- being eager
- de sired
- de siring
- de-sired
- de-siring
- is ambitious
- is eager
- was ambitious
- was eager
- wast ambitious
- wast eager
- were ambitious
- were eager
- wert ambitious
- wert eager
• beg
- Impetrated
- Impetrating
- Obsecrated
- Obsecrating
- Obtested
- Obtesting
- applies to
- applying to
- be siege
- be sieged
- be sieges
- be sieging
- be sought
- be-siege
- be-sieged
- be-sieges
- be-sieging
- be-sought
- calling to
- calls to
- impetrates
- obsecrates
- obtests
• bid
- in vite
- in-vite
- made a pass at
- made a pitch
- made a play for
- made pass at
- made pitch
- made play for
- make pass at
- make pitch
- makes a pass at
- makes a pitch
- makes a play for
- makes pass at
- makes pitch
- makes play for
- making a pass at
- making a pitch
- making a play for
- making pass at
- making pitch
- making play for
- pro position
- pro positioned
- pro positioning
- pro positions
- pro-positioned
- pro-positioning
- pro-positions
• burn
- am angry
- am aroused
- am passionate
- am stirred up
- are angry
- are aroused
- are inflamed
- are passionate
- are stirred up
- art angry
- art aroused
- art inflamed
- art passionate
- art stirred up
- being angry
- being aroused
- being inflamed
- being passionate
- being stirred up
- breathed fire
- breathes fire
- is angry
- is aroused
- is inflamed
- is passionate
- is stirred up
- was angry
- was aroused
- was inflamed
- was passionate
- was stirred up
- wast angry
- wast aroused
- wast inflamed
- wast passionate
- wast stirred up
- were angry
- were aroused
- were inflamed
- were passionate
- were stirred up
- wert angry
- wert aroused
- wert inflamed
- wert passionate
- wert stirred up
• care
- am crazy about
- are crazy about
- are fond of
- art crazy about
- art fond of
- being crazy about
- being fond of
- finding congenial
- finds congenial
- found congenial
- holding dear
- holds dear
- is crazy about
- is fond of
- re spect
- re spects
- re-spect
- re-spects
- takes to
- taking to
- took to
- was crazy about
- was fond of
- wast crazy about
- wast fond of
- were crazy about
- were fond of
- wert crazy about
- wert fond of
• choose
- co opt
- commits oneself
- committed oneself
- committing oneself
- decided on
- decides on
- deciding on
- discriminated between
- discriminates between
- discriminating between
- draws lots
- drew lots
- ex tract
- ex tracts
- ex-tract
- ex-tracts
- feeling disposed to
- feels disposed to
- felt disposed to
- fixed on
- fixes on
- fixing on
- fixt on
- made choice
- made decision
- made mind
- made one mind
- made one's mind
- made ones mind
- made up mind
- made up one mind
- made up one's mind
- made up ones mind
- make mind
- make one mind
- make one's mind
- make ones mind
- make up one mind
- make up ones mind
- makes choice
- makes decision
- makes mind
- makes one mind
- makes one's mind
- makes ones mind
- makes up mind
- makes up one mind
- makes up one's mind
- makes up ones mind
- making choice
- making decision
- making mind
- making one mind
- making one's mind
- making ones mind
- making up mind
- making up one mind
- making up ones mind
- opted for
- pre destine
- pre destined
- pre destines
- pre destining
- pre-destine
- pre-destined
- pre-destines
- pre-destining
- saw fit
- seeing fit
- sees fit
- sets aside
- settle up on
- settled up on
- settles up on
- settles upon
- settling up on
- settling upon
- sifted out
- sifts out
- singles out
• desire
- grasp
- welcome
• fall for
- fall love with
- falling in love with
- falling love with
- falls in love with
- falls love with
- fell in love with
- fell love with
- flipping over
- flips over
- goes head over heels
- going head over heels
- lose head over
- lose one head over
- lose ones head over
- loses head over
- loses one head over
- loses one's head over
- loses ones head over
- losing head over
- losing one head over
- losing one's head over
- losing ones head over
- lost head over
- lost one head over
- lost one's head over
- lost ones head over
- went head over heels
• fancy
- am attracted to
- am captivated by
- am enamored of
- am love with
- are attracted to
- are captivated by
- are enamored of
- are in love with
- art attracted to
- art captivated by
- art in love with
- art love with
- be love with
- being attracted to
- being captivated by
- being enamored of
- being in love with
- being love with
- caring for
- crazied about
- crazies about
- crazying about
- is attracted to
- is captivated by
- is enamored of
- is in love with
- is love with
- longed for
- lusted after
- lusting after
- lusts after
- madded for
- madding for
- mads for
- set one heart on
- set ones heart on
- sets heart on
- sets one heart on
- sets one's heart on
- sets ones heart on
- setting heart on
- setting one heart on
- setting one's heart on
- setting ones heart on
- take liking to
- takes a liking to
- takes liking to
- taking a liking to
- taking liking to
- took a liking to
- took liking to
- was attracted to
- was captivated by
- was enamored of
- was in love with
- was love with
- wast attracted to
- wast captivated by
- wast enamored of
- wast in love with
- wast love with
- were attracted to
- were captivated by
- were enamored of
- were in love with
- were love with
- wert attracted to
- wert captivated by
- wert enamored of
- wert in love with
- wert love with
- wilded for
- wilding for
- wilds for
• hope
- assume
- await
• languish
- am disregarded
- am neglected
- are disregarded
- art neglected
- being disregarded
- being neglected
- conking out
- conks out
- de cline
- de clines
- de-cline
- de-clines
- die vine
- died on vine
- died vine
- dieing on vine
- dieing vine
- dies on vine
- dies vine
- dying on vine
- dying vine
- fagging out
- fags out
- fizzled out
- fizzles out
- fizzling out
- go pieces
- goes soft
- going soft
- is disregarded
- is neglected
- on vine
- re pine
- re pined
- re pines
- re pining
- re-pine
- re-pined
- re-pines
- re-pining
- was disregarded
- was neglected
- wast disregarded
- wast neglected
- wastes away
- went soft
- were disregarded
- were neglected
- wert disregarded
- wert neglected
• like
- cared to
- cares to
- caring to
- feeling disposed
- feels disposed
- feels like
- felt disposed
- felt like
- had a preference for
- had preference for
- haddest a preference for
- haddest preference for
- hadst a preference for
- hadst preference for
- has a preference for
- has preference for
- hast a preference for
- hast preference for
- hath a preference for
- hath preference for
- have preference for
- having a preference for
- having preference for
- inclines toward
• love
- infatuate
• mean
- de signed
- de signing
- de-signed
- de-signing
- pre ordain
- pre ordained
- pre ordaining
- pre ordains
- pre-ordain
- pre-ordained
- pre-ordaining
- pre-ordains
- pro pose
- pro posed
- pro posing
- pro-pose
- pro-posing
- re solve
- re solves
- re-solve
- re-solved
- re-solves
- re-solving
- sets out
• need
- am deficient
- am deprived
- am down and out
- am down out
- am hard up
- am need of
- am needy
- am poor
- am short
- am want
- am without
- are deficient
- are deprived
- are down and out
- are down out
- are hard up
- are in need of
- are in want
- are inadequate
- are poor
- are short
- are want
- are without
- art deficient
- art deprived
- art hard up
- art in need of
- art in want
- art inadequate
- art need of
- art needy
- art poor
- art short
- art want
- art without
- be down out
- be need of
- be want
- being deficient
- being deprived
- being down and out
- being down out
- being hard up
- being in need of
- being in want
- being inadequate
- being need of
- being needy
- being poor
- being short
- being want
- died for
- dieing for
- dies for
- drave for
- drives for
- driving for
- drove for
- ex act
- ex acting
- ex acts
- ex-act
- ex-acted
- ex-acting
- feel dearth of
- feel pinch
- feeling a dearth of
- feeling dearth of
- feeling necessity for
- feeling pinch
- feeling the necessity for
- feels a dearth of
- feels dearth of
- feels necessity for
- feels pinch
- feels the necessity for
- feels the pinch
- felt a dearth of
- felt dearth of
- felt necessity for
- felt pinch
- felt the necessity for
- felt the pinch
- goes hungry
- going hungry
- had occasion for
- had occasion to
- had use for
- haddest occasion for
- haddest occasion to
- haddest use for
- hadst occasion for
- hadst occasion to
- hadst use for
- has occasion for
- has occasion to
- has use for
- hast occasion for
- hast occasion to
- hast use for
- hath occasion for
- hath occasion to
- hath use for
- having occasion for
- having occasion to
- having use for
- hurts for
- is deficient
- is deprived
- is down and out
- is down out
- is hard up
- is in need of
- is in want
- is inadequate
- is need of
- is needy
- is poor
- is short
- is want
- is without
- suffered privation
- suffering privation
- suffers privation
- was deficient
- was deprived
- was down and out
- was down out
- was hard up
- was in need of
- was in want
- was inadequate
- was need of
- was needy
- was poor
- was short
- was want
- was without
- wast deficient
- wast deprived
- wast down and out
- wast down out
- wast hard up
- wast in need of
- wast in want
- wast inadequate
- wast need of
- wast needy
- wast poor
- wast short
- wast want
- wast without
- went hungry
- were deficient
- were deprived
- were down and out
- were down out
- were hard up
- were in need of
- were in want
- were inadequate
- were need of
- were needy
- were poor
- were short
- were want
- were without
- wert deficient
- wert deprived
- wert down and out
- wert down out
- wert hard up
- wert in need of
- wert in want
- wert inadequate
- wert need of
- wert needy
- wert poor
- wert short
- wert want
- wert without
- yenned for
- yenning for
- yens for
• request
- plead
Other synonyms:

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turn on

•

drink
hungry

Other relevant words:

• aim

purpose

• choose

• debauchery

incontinence

• envy

Hungered
Hungering
OVERS
Thirsted
be envious
die over
eat heart out
eat one's heart out
grudge
have hard feelings
object to
turn green
turning green

• fervor

heat

• hope

• languish

• like

• longing

• mean

fating
set out
setting out

• pant

pants

• please

be inclined
is inclined

• pursue

• request

• require

depend upon
feel necessity for
have need
hurting for
stand in need

• sensationalism

sensuality

• Other relevant words (adjective):

behaviour
long

• Other relevant words (noun):

• Other relevant words (transitive noun):

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Equivalence
- Noun, singular or mass
  desired, Desiring.
Reverse Entailment
- Noun, singular or mass
  ambition, thirst, yearning.
Independent
- Adjective
  interested, willing.
- Noun, singular or mass
  attempt, decisiveness, demand, dream, effort, inclination, objective, purpose, reluctance, request, sake, sentiment, tendency, vow, wishing, Desiderata, vows.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  aspire, demand, request, strive, Got, requests, AM.
Other Related
- Proper noun, singular
  willingness, Aspirations.
- Noun, singular or mass
  appetite, aspiration, concern, craving, dedication, desirability, determination, drive, eagerness, expectation, goodwill, greed, impulse, intent, intention, interest, keenness, longing, motivation, preoccupation, pursuit, quest, spirit, unwillingness, volition, wanting, willingness, willpower.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  wanting.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  require, willingness.

What are the hypernyms for Desire?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

hypernyms for desire (as nouns)
- attribute
  hunger, hungriness, greed, Thirstiness, thirst.
- feeling
  whim, sexual desire, itch, bloodlust, longing, want, wishing, impulse, ambition, yearning, wish, craving, urge, caprice, dream, aspiration, temptation, eros, physical attraction, concupiscence, hungriness.
- state
  passion, philistinism, materialism, rage.
hypernyms for desire (as verbs)
- emotion
  hanker, miss, go for, care, yearn, envy, long, seek, like, Lech After, crave, wish, ambition, take to, begrudge, hope, hunger, fancy, thirst, starve, wish well, lust after, feel like, itch, spoil, lust.

What are the hyponyms for Desire?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for desire (as nouns)
- attribute
  inclination, tendency.
- feeling
  feeling.
- state
  arousal.
hyponyms for desire (as verbs)
- emotion
  bespeak, call for, ask for, request, quest.

What are the opposite words for desire?

The word 'desire' expresses a longing or hope for something to happen or possess. However, there are several antonyms for the word 'desire' that express the opposite sentiment. 'Revulsion' conveys a strong feeling of disgust or aversion towards something or someone. 'Detest' is a more passionate word that expresses a deep and sustained aversion or disgust towards something. 'Disinterest' implies apathy or a lack of interest or concern for something. 'Indifference' also expresses a lack of specific interest or concern for something. Finally, 'rejection' conveys the explicit act of refusing or declining something that is offered or suggested. All of these antonyms directly oppose the positive connotations of 'desire.

What are the antonyms for Desire?

n.
• antagonism, hatred toward something
- dislike
• aversion
- dis liking
- dis likings
- dis pleasure
- dis pleasures
- dis satisfaction
- dis satisfactions
- dis-liking
- dis-likings
- dis-pleasure
- dis-pleasures
- dis-satisfaction
- dis-satisfactions
- dislikings
- having no use for
- having no use fors
- in disposition
- in dispositions
- in-disposition
- in-dispositions
- repugnance
- un willingness
- un willingnesses
- un-willingness
- un-willingnesses
• aversion; repulsion
- disgust
• disfavor
- dis approbation
- dis approbations
- dis approval
- dis approvals
- dis credit
- dis credits
- dis esteem
- dis esteems
- dis favor
- dis favors
- dis honor
- dis honors
- dis regard
- dis regards
- dis repute
- dis reputes
- dis respect
- dis respects
- dis trust
- dis trusts
- dis-approbation
- dis-approbations
- dis-approval
- dis-approvals
- dis-credit
- dis-credits
- dis-esteem
- dis-esteems
- dis-favor
- dis-favors
- dis-honor
- dis-honors
- dis-regard
- dis-regards
- dis-repute
- dis-reputes
- dis-respect
- dis-respects
- dis-trust
- dis-trusts
- doghouse
- doghouses
- mis trust
- mis trusts
- mis-trust
- un popularities
- un popularity
- unpopularities
• disgust
- Nauseation
- dis gust
- dis gusts
- dis-gust
- dis-gusts
- hatefulness
- hatefulnesses
- nauseations
- nauseousness
- nauseousnesses
- re volt
- re volts
- re-volt
- re-volts
• disinclination
- Loathness
- dis inclination
- dis inclinations
- dis relish
- dis relishes
- dis-inclination
- dis-inclinations
- dis-relish
- dis-relishes
- hesitance
- hesitances
- lack desire
- lack enthusiasm
- lack of desire
- lack of enthusiasm
- loathnesses
- resistance
• dislike, hate
- distaste
• dislike; disgrace
- disfavor
• dislike; opposition
- aversion
• distaste
- dis taste
- dis tastes
- dis-taste
- dis-tastes
• hatred
- allergy to
- allergy tos
- invidiousness
- invidiousnesses
- malignance
- malignances
- no use for
- no use fors
- re venge
- re venges
- re-venge
• necessity
- Desiderata
- Necessaries
- desideratum
- ex action
- ex actions
- ex-action
- ex-actions
- imperatives
- in dispensabilities
- in dispensability
- in-dispensabilities
- in-dispensability
- indispensabilities
- indispensability
- inevitabilities
- inevitability
- life death
- life or death
- needfulness
- needfulnesses
- no alternative
- no alternatives
- no choice
- no choices
- pre condition
- pre conditions
- pre requisite
- pre requisites
- pre-condition
- pre-conditions
- pre-requisite
- pre-requisites
- prerequisites
- un deniabilities
- un deniability
- un-deniabilities
- un-deniability
- undeniabilities
- undeniability
- vital part
- vital parts
- vitals
• need, essentiality
- necessity
• noun
- Disrelish
- Frigidness
- abstinence
- allergy
- antagonism
- antipathy
- celibacy
- chastity
- detestation
- disinclination
- frigidity
- hostility
- loathing
- nausea
- opposition
- repulsion
- revulsion
- uncongeniality
• peeve
- sore point
- sore points
• requirement/requisite
- pre occupation
- pre occupations
- pre possessions
- pre-occupation
- pre-occupations
- pre-possessions
- pro vision
- pro visions
- pro viso
- pro-vision
- pro-visions
- pro-viso
- pro-visos
- requirements
• something strongly disliked
- peeve
• want, longing
- answer
- apathy
- coolness
- disinterest
- hate
- hatred
- indifference
- peacefulness
- reply
- satisfaction
v.
• abhor
- Hates
- am allergic to
- am down on
- am grossed out by
- are allergic to
- are down on
- are grossed out by
- art allergic to
- art grossed out by
- be allergic to
- be down on
- be grossed out by
- being allergic to
- being down on
- being grossed out by
- de tested
- de testing
- de-tested
- de-testing
- had no use for
- haddest no use for
- hadst no use for
- has no use for
- hast no use for
- hath no use for
- have no use for
- is allergic to
- is down on
- is grossed out by
- loathe
- was allergic to
- was down on
- was grossed out by
- wast allergic to
- wast down on
- wast grossed out by
- were allergic to
- were down on
- were grossed out by
- wert allergic to
- wert down on
- wert grossed out by
• disgust
- Reluct
- Repulsing
- am repulsive
- are repulsive
- art repulsive
- be repulsive
- being repulsive
- cloy on
- cloyed on
- cloying on
- cloys on
- dis enchant
- dis enchanted
- dis enchanting
- dis enchants
- dis gusted
- dis gusting
- dis please
- dis pleased
- dis pleases
- dis pleasing
- dis-enchant
- dis-enchanted
- dis-enchanting
- dis-enchants
- dis-gusted
- dis-gusting
- dis-please
- dis-pleased
- dis-pleases
- dis-pleasing
- disenchant
- disenchanting
- disenchants
- fill with loathing
- filled with loathing
- filling with loathing
- fills with loathing
- gross out
- grossed out
- grosses out
- grossing out
- is repulsive
- made one sick
- made sick
- make one sick
- make sick
- makes one sick
- makes sick
- making one sick
- making sick
- offend
- offend morals of
- offended morals of
- offending morals of
- offends morals of
- out raged
- out rages
- out raging
- out-rage
- out-raged
- out-rages
- out-raging
- put off
- re pulsed
- re pulses
- re pulsing
- re-pulsed
- re-pulses
- re-pulsing
- relucted
- relucting
- relucts
- turn one stomach
- turn one's stomach
- turn ones stomach
- turn stomach
- turned one stomach
- turned one's stomach
- turned ones stomach
- turned stomach
- turning one stomach
- turning one's stomach
- turning ones stomach
- turning stomach
- turns one stomach
- turns one's stomach
- turns ones stomach
- turns stomach
- up set
- up sets
- up setting
- up-set
- up-sets
- up-setting
- was repulsive
- wast repulsive
- were repulsive
- wert repulsive
• noun
- abhor
- abominate
- despise
- detest
- execrate
- nauseate
- shun
• want, long for
- abjure
- not want
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We may desire to know the time and place of birth for some other reason, but certainly not for this, to make sure we have been born.

"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"

Marcus Dods

It is not a matter about which I desire to trouble my husband, and I am glad to think that he knows, as yet, nothing of what I am going to say to you.

"Jane Oglander"

Marie Belloc Lowndes

Marjorie's desire to cry left her.

"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"

Pauline Lester

Famous quotes with Desire

Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.

Sam Abell
People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.

F. Murray Abraham
A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

John Adams
An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.

Felix Adler
If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to obtain the knowledge you seek, by your own unaided efforts.

Felix Adler

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