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. Fadi Hakura:

   Erdogan cleverly opted for a security focused campaign, appealing to conservative voters' desire for security, mHP's Bahceli - or 'Mr. No' - simply showed his was a party of protest.

2. Anuj Somany:

   The major reason for the strain & stress in a private workplace is that a person who deserves more gets often very less and the people who desire more but work less often becomes higher-ups.

3. Hugh Young:

   It would have been a bloody big job to move. And until the UK government started attacking the likes of HSBC, they (HSBC) didn't have any desire to move, the tax concessions are a good thing. What Gulliver needs to do now is tidy up the bank.

4. Venus Williams:

   I don't know honestly. I'm still trying to figure it out, every day is not your best day but that doesn't mean the heart and desire aren't there.

5. Frank Jannuzi:

   It is a very deliberate signal both to hint at the extent of U.S. evidence about this hack as well as to put China on notice of the U.S. desire to see China cooperating.

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