Synonyms for desire
dɪˈzaɪər

Princeton's WordNet(2.33 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. desire(noun)

   the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

2. desire(noun)

   an inclination to want things

   "a man of many desires"

3. desire(verb)

   something that is desired

4. desire, want(verb)

   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, desire(verb)

   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. desire(verb)

   express a desire for

   Synonyms:
   want, trust, hope

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.20 / 5 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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 Antonyms(4.00 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. desire(n)

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

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

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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 Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. desire(n.)

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

2. desire(v. a.)

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

3. desire(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   solicit, request, ask

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. desire(n)

   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. desire(v)

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

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

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How to use desire in a sentence?

1. Raymond Lowe:

   There's always going to be that desire to get out because it's the camaraderie that you find out here, it's hard to describe the feeling and how genuine everyone is and just how good it is to be able to help.

2. Claude M. Bristol:

   One essential to success is that your desire be an all-obsessing one, your thoughts and aims be co-ordinated, and your energy be concentrated and applied without letup.

3. Becki Donatelli:

   We’ve been around long enough to see trends come and go, we have a healthy skepticism and a really healthy desire to try new things.

4. Lindsey Vonn:

   That’s why I love what I do, because when you’re in the starting gate it’s you against the mountain and you can push yourself as hard as you want to, i still want to push as hard as I possibly can. That’s what I love. I love the adrenaline. I love the speed. I love the thrill of it. …Just because I’m older doesn’t mean I’ve lost any desire to continue to win and to continue to ski fast.

5. Socrates, Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus.:

   When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire . . .

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