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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.2 / 5 votes

1. desire

   Inclination is the mildest of these terms; it is a quiet, or even a vague or unconscious, tendency. Even when we speak of a strong or decided inclination we do not express the intensity of desire. Desire has a wide range, from the highest objects to the lowest; desire is for an object near at hand, or near in thought, and viewed as attainable; a wish may be for what is remote or uncertain, or even for what is recognized as impossible. Craving is stronger than hankering; hankering may be the result of a fitful and capricious appetite; craving may be the imperious and reasonable demand of the whole nature. Longing is a reaching out with deep and persistent demand for that which is viewed as now distant but at some time attainable; as, the captive’s longing for release. Coveting ordinarily denotes wrong desire for that which is another’s. Compare APPETITE.

   See synonyms for ANTIPATHY.

   Synonyms:
   appetency, appetite, aspiration, concupiscence, coveting, craving, hankering, inclination, longing, proclivity, propensity, wish

   Preposition:
   The desire of fame; a desire for excellence.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. desirenoun

   Synonyms:
   longing, affection, propension, craving, concupiscence, appetency

   Antonyms:
   loathing, hate, repugnance, disgust, aversion, abomination, horror

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. desirenoun

   the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

2. desirenoun

   an inclination to want things

   «a man of many desires»

3. desireverb

   something that is desired

4. desire, wantverb

   feel or have a desire for; want strongly

   «I want to go home now»; «I want my own room»

   Synonyms:
   want, trust, require, need, hope

5. hope, trust, desireverb

   expect and wish

   «I trust you will behave better from now on»; «I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise»

   Synonyms:
   rely, entrust, hope, commit, believe, bank, intrust, go for, trust, swear, confide, want

6. desireverb

   express a desire for

   Synonyms:
   want, trust, hope

Matched Categories

1. • Feeling
   • Inclination
   • Request

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. carving

   Submitted by acronimous on March 24, 2019  

2. propension

   i saw and questioned “i have a great pension for tidiness” and looked up synonym for pension (no) , then desire? — and propension was given. what else could it be?

   author wrote “i have a great pension for tidiness” it sounded wrong

   Submitted by rinat on August 7, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. desirenoun

   Synonyms:
   wish, longing, craving, inclination, hankering, aspiration, appetency

2. desireverb

   Synonyms:
   wish, crave, covet, want, fancy, wish for, long for, hanker after, lust after, yearn for, aspire after

3. desireverb

   Synonyms:
   solicit, request, ask

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. desirenoun

   Synonyms:
   longing, craving, will, aspiration, hankering, appetency, cupidity, impulse, request, petition, quest, entreaty, velleity, pruriency

   Antonyms:
   apathy, antipathy, aversion, inappetency

   Associated words:
   desiderative, desideratum, orectic, optative

2. desireverb

   Synonyms:
   want, crave, long for, lust, covet, yearn, aspire, request

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for «desire»:

   wish, désir, willingness, desired, aspiration, desiree, laurent-désiré, longing, lust, will, yearning, want, intention, ambition, eagerness, hope, commitment, readiness, determination

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1. Ona Onyia:

   Our desire to help triumphed our fears, seeing how understaffed and overwhelmed New York hospitals were, we wanted to help and learn so we can help New York hospitals back home if things got out of control.

2. Executive Chairman Richard Baker:

   We don’t have any great need or desire or focus on going to any other country at the moment. We really like, in those countries, the fact that there’s very little competition. That’s a big advantage for us.

3. Bhagavad Gita:

   When a man dwells on the objects of sense, he creates an attraction for them attraction develops into desire, and desire breeds anger.

4. Benioff Children Hospital:

   UCSF and the Benioff Children’s Hospitals support the family’s desire to come together in Abdullah’s final days. In the meantime, we are doing everything we can to keep the child comfortable and help the family through this difficult experience.

5. Lawrence Gostin:

   If someone doesn’t want to get vaccinated, I have no desire to hold them down and to force them to be vaccinated but they should make sure that they don’t harm others, they either get the jab or they have to get two tests per week ; they have to mask up. But we should absolutely make sure that if you make a decision not to be vaccinated that you just have no right to go unmasked and unvaccinated in a crowded work place.

• begeerte, wensAfrikaans
• رغبة, رغبArabic
• arzuAzerbaijani
• теләкBashkir
• жадаць, жаданнеBelarusian
• желание, желая, искам, жадуване, жадувамBulgarian
• desitjar, desigCatalan, Valencian
• přát, toužit, přání, touhaCzech
• ønske, begære, begær, lyst, attråDanish
• begehren, Wunsch, VerlangenGerman
• επιθυμώ, ποθώ, επιθυμία, πόθοςGreek
• deziro, deziriEsperanto
• deseo, desear, ganaSpanish
• soov, ihaEstonian
• شیفتگی, آرزو كردن, خواستن, کام, آرزو, یاسه, خواهشPersian
• himoita, tahtoa, halu, haluta, mieliäFinnish
• désirer, désirFrench
• fonn, saint, mian, dúilIrish
• baois, drùis, feòlmhorachd, baoiseachdScottish Gaelic
• desexo, desexarGalician
• imnee, dooill, mian, fooill, wooishManx
• השתוקק, חפץ, תשוקה, חשקHebrew
• इच्छा, चाहHindi
• vágyHungarian
• ցանկություն, իղձ, ցանկանալ, կիրքArmenian
• desirarInterlingua
• keinginan, hasratIndonesian
• löngunIcelandic
• desiderio, desiderare, volereItalian
• רצוןHebrew
• 欲する, 願望, 願う, 望むJapanese
• სურვილიGeorgian
• тілек, ықыласKazakh
• បំណងប្រាថ្នាKhmer
• ಡಿಸೈರ್, ಬಯಕೆ, ಹಂಬಲKannada
• 바라다, 원하다, 욕망Korean
• نیاز, خواستنKurdish
• тилек, каалооKyrgyz
• cupido, volo, cupio, cupitas, cupiditas, desiderium, voluntas, studium, desideroLatin
• ຕ້ອງການLao
• pageidavimas, aistra, trokšti, geisti, noras, geismas, pageidauti, potraukis, troškimasLithuanian
• iekāre, vēlēšanās, alkas, vēlme, kaisle, kāroties, kārot, alkt, vēlēties, kaislībaLatvian
• посакува, копнеж, страст, желба, посакаMacedonian
• ആഗ്രഹം, മോഹംMalayalam
• хүсэхMongolian
• ईच्छा, इच्छाMarathi
• keinginanMalay
• verlangen, wens, begeerteDutch
• ønskeNorwegian
• pragnąć, pożądać, pragnienie, pożądaniePolish
• desejo, desejarPortuguese
• deziderat, dori, dorințăRomanian
• вожделеть, пожелание, вожделение, желание, влечение, желатьRussian
• तृष्णाSanskrit
• žèleti, želja, жудња, žudnja, žudjeti, жудјети, жѐлети, žèljeti, жѐљети, žudeti, жудети, жељаSerbo-Croatian
• túžiť, želanie, žiadať, túžba, želať, priaťSlovak
• želja, poželenje, želetiSlovene
• dëshirëAlbanian
• längtan, begär, eftertrakta, längta, lust, önska, åtrå, begära, önskanSwedish
• ariSwahili
• ஆசைTamil
• వాంఛ, కోరిక, ఆకర్షణ, ఆశ, ఇచ్చ, అపేక్ష, అభిలాషTelugu
• хоҳиш, майл, рағбат, орзу‍Tajik
• ความใคร่, ต้องการ, ความปรารถนา, ใคร่, ปรารถนา, ตัณหา, ความต้องการ, ประสงค์Thai
• islegTurkmen
• arzu hissi, arzuTurkish
• теләкTatar
• бажання, бажатиUkrainian
• چاہت, خواہش, تمناUrdu
• xohlamoq, tilak, orzu, ishtiyoq, istakUzbek
• khao khátVietnamese
• desirVolapük
• פאַרלאַנגYiddish
• 欲望Chinese

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