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desire

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of desire

1 a strong wish for something

a desire for adventure and excitement prompted him to travel to Africa

Synonyms of desire

appetency, appetite, craving, drive, hankering, hunger, itch, jones [slang], letch, longing, lust, passion, pining, thirst, thirstiness, urge, yearning, yen

Words Related to desire

compulsion, impulse, impulsion, will, zeal

liking, love, taste, weakness

eagerness, impatience

want, wish

necessity, need, requirement

obsession

acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, greed, greediness, rapaciousness, rapacity

cacoëthes, mania

Near Antonyms of desire

abhorrence, abomination, allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, dislike, disliking, distaste, hatred, loathing, nausea, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion

apathy, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern

2 sexual appetite

ads for drugs that increase desire

Synonyms of desire

concupiscence, eroticism, horniness, hots, itch, lech, letch, libidinousness, lust, lustfulness, lustihood, passion, salaciousness

Words Related to desire

libido

ardor, heat, rut

erotomania, hypersexuality, lecherousness, lechery, nymphomania, satyriasis

venery

Near Antonyms of desire

abstinence, celibacy, chastity

frigidity, frigidness

3 an earnest request

at the delegate's desire, the voice vote on the controversial measure was followed by an actual roll call

Synonyms of desire

adjuration, appeal, conjuration, cry, entreaty, petition, plea, pleading, prayer, solicitation, suit, suppliance, supplication

Words Related to desire

application, requisition

call, claim, demand, insistence

desire

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of desire

1 to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy

he greatly desired a new mountain bike for his next birthday

Synonyms of desire

ache (for), covet, crave, desiderate, die (for), hanker (for or after), hunger (for), itch (for), jones (for) [slang], long (for), lust (for or after), pant (after), pine (for), repine (for), salivate (for), sigh (for), thirst (for), want, wish (for), yearn (for), yen (for)

Words Related to desire

spoil (for)

adore, delight (in), dig, enjoy, fancy, groove (on), like, love, relish, revel (in)

favor, prefer

admire, appreciate, cherish, prize, treasure, value

Phrases Synonymous with desire

set one's heart on

Near Antonyms of desire

abhor, abominate, despise, detest, execrate, hate, loathe

decline, refuse, reject, spurn

2 to make a request for

the host desires a response to the dinner invitation by tomorrow

Synonyms of desire

ask (for), bespeak, call (for), plead (for), quest, request, seek, solicit, speak (for), sue (for)

Words Related to desire

apply (for), beg (for), claim, clamor (for), importune, urge, wish (for)

demand, enjoin, exact, insist (on), petition (for), press (for), require, requisition

invite, invoke

Synonym Discussion of desire

desire, wish, want, crave, covet mean to have a longing for. desire stresses the strength of feeling and often implies strong intention or aim.

- desires to start a new life

wish sometimes implies a general or transient longing especially for the unattainable.

- wishes for permanent world peace

want specifically suggests a felt need or lack.

- wants to have a family

crave stresses the force of physical appetite or emotional need.

- craves sweets

covet implies strong envious desire.

- covets his rise to fame

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