wish list

noun

: a list of desired but often realistically unobtainable items

a wish list of useful changes

Examples of wish list in a Sentence

That book is on my wish list.

Recent Examples on the Web

Steve Witkoff presented last fall was very similar to a Russian document reflecting Putin’s wish list for how the war would end. — Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Back in Canada, Cohan said his wish list for the local TV industry is to become leaner and quick-footed on the regulatory front. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

Schneider has partnered with other organizations and businesses that provide some of the gifts, more donations come in from her ongoing Amazon wish lists on her website. — Libby Smith, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

The university wound up getting the vast majority of the works on its wish list, the source said. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for wish list

• assist
• blacklist
• booklist
• checklist
• consist
• desist
• dismissed
• enlist
• exist
• insist
• oocyst
• persist

Kids Definition

wish list

noun

: a list of desired but often realistically unobtainable items

a wish list of equipment for the school