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Synonyms for wish
wɪʃwish
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
wish
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, desire, hankering, inclination, longing, proclivity, propensityPreposition:
The desire of fame; a desire for excellence.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
wish, wishing, wantnoun
a specific feeling of desire
"he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire"
Synonyms:
indirect request, neediness, need, deprivation, wishing, want, regard, privation, lack, deficiency, complimentswish, indirect requestnoun
an expression of some desire or inclination
"I could tell that it was his wish that the guests leave"; "his crying was an indirect request for attention"
Synonyms:
want, compliments, regard, wishing, indirect requestregard, wish, complimentsnoun
(usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare
"give him my kind regards"; "my best wishes"
Synonyms:
indirect request, paying attention, esteem, wishing, want, respect, attentiveness, gaze, heed, compliments, regardwishverb
the particular preference that you have
"it was his last wish"; "they should respect the wishes of the people"
Synonyms:
want, compliments, regard, wishing, indirect requestwishverb
hope for; have a wish
"I wish I could go home now"
wish, care, likeverb
prefer or wish to do something
"Do you care to try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?"
Synonyms:
bid, wish well, like, care, give care, handle, manage, worry, dealwishverb
make or express a wish
"I wish that Christmas were over"
wish, wish wellverb
feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of
wishverb
order politely; express a wish for
wish, bidverb
invoke upon
"wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell"
Synonyms:
tender, bid, wish well, invite, like, care, entreat, conjure, beseech, offer, press, call, adjure
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
wishnoun
Synonyms:
desire, longing, aspiration, hankeringwishverb
Synonyms:
desire, aspire, invoke, imprecate, congratulate, felicitate (wish happiness to)
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "wish":
desire, want, hope, vow, like, aspiration, willingness, aspirations, intention, will
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #32 | will | |
| #96 | like | |
| #183 | need | |
| #254 | want | |
| #309 | care | |
| #374 | call | |
| #422 | press | |
| #617 | offer | |
| #1086 | hope | |
| #1089 | wish | |
| #1138 | bid | |
| #1274 | deal | |
| #1701 | respect | |
| #2217 | manage | |
| #2465 | handle | |
| #2498 | lack | |
| #3876 | regard | |
| #4015 | desire | |
| #5005 | worry | |
| #5412 | invite | |
| #6740 | tender | |
| #7295 | intention | |
| #9974 | wishing | |
| #10765 | deficiency | |
| #12073 | esteem | |
| #12232 | willingness | |
| #12944 | appetite | |
| #16957 | gaze | |
| #17363 | aspirations | |
| #19035 | compliments | |
| #19109 | deprivation | |
| #22112 | craving | |
| #22948 | longing | |
| #23666 | crave | |
| #23687 | inclination | |
| #23715 | heed | |
| #24319 | aspiration | |
| #24560 | vow | |
| #30056 | propensity | |
| #43704 | conjure | |
| #53000 | beseech | |
| #53029 | yearn | |
| #63590 | covet | |
| #73725 | hankering | |
| #83495 | entreat | |
| #90030 | attentiveness | |
| #112192 | privation | |
| #115580 | proclivity | |
| #149070 | coveting | |
| #190620 | concupiscence | |
| #211039 | hanker | |
| #229574 | neediness | |
| #265443 | adjure |
How to use wish in a sentence?
Election Day.Read MoreELECTION:
We have an underlying lawsuit where we're saying don't send the postcards ever. So either way, Election Day.Read MoreELECTION know, we'll make sure that Colorado voters understand the correct information, but I just wish the Post Office wouldn't have sent the notices in Colorado when we asked them on Friday.
In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable.
French President Francois Hollande:
I really wish all these issues to be solved by the ministers' reunion.
So little of what we observe is Actuality. Do we see/hear the words pouring forth? Are they Truth? I wish and hope but my future is predestined per my parents’ belief and that is denial and death, the deepest pits of hell, the thorniest of crowns, no sympathy, simply guilt, pain, anguish and lament. Call me your Anti-Savior and I’ll take on your pain too.
We define housing as something other than healthcare but that’s purely a theoretic definition, we can define things however we wish.
Translations for wish
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- يتمى, منية, تمنى, أمنية, يرجو, رغبة, يأمل, رجا, أملArabic
- жадацьBelarusian
- желая, желаниеBulgarian
- desitjar, desigCatalan, Valencian
- přát, přáníCzech
- dymunoWelsh
- ønskeDanish
- Wunsch, wünschenGerman
- εύχομαι, επιθυμία, ευχήGreek
- deziroEsperanto
- deseo, desearSpanish
- soov, soovimaEstonian
- آرزو, آرزو داشتن, آرزو كردن, خواستنPersian
- toivoa, toiveFinnish
- ynskjaFaroese
- espérer, souhait, souhaiterFrench
- santaighIrish
- משאלהHebrew
- इच्छा, चाहनाHindi
- kíván, kívánságHungarian
- ցանկանալ, իղձ, ցանկությունArmenian
- harapan, keinginanIndonesian
- óska, óskIcelandic
- desiderare, augurare, volere, desiderioItalian
- 祈る, 願望, 希望, 願い, 欲する, 願うJapanese
- ნატვრა, სურვილი, წადილი, ნდომაGeorgian
- 원하다, 바라다, 소원, 빌다Korean
- هیوا, خوازKurdish
- desidero, desiderio, studium, desiderium, cupio, volō, cupiditasLatin
- norėtiLithuanian
- vēlētiesLatvian
- посакува, желба, посакаMacedonian
- хүсэхMongolian
- वासना, इच्छाMarathi
- tixtieqMaltese
- wens, willen, wensenDutch
- skulle ønskeNorwegian
- życzenie, życzyćPolish
- pedido, [[desejar]] [[a]], desejo, desejarPortuguese
- dori, uraRomanian
- пожелать, желание, желатьRussian
- жѐлети, žèleti, žèljeti, жѐљетиSerbo-Croatian
- priaťSlovak
- želetiSlovene
- tillönska, önskan, önskaSwedish
- అభిలషించు, అభిలాష, కోరిక, కోరుTelugu
- ประสงค์Thai
- dilek, dilemek, istemek, istekTurkish
- побажати, бажатиUkrainian
- چاہناUrdu
- mong, cầu mong, hy vọng, muốnVietnamese
- vipVolapük
- ווינטשןYiddish
- 希望Chinese
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