Synonyms of desires

desires 1 of 2

noun

plural of desire

as in appeals

an earnest request

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appeals
• pleas
• prayers
• petitions
• cries
• demands
• pleadings
• suits
• supplications
• entreaties
• solicitations
• applications
• adjurations
• conjurations
• calls
• suppliances
• requisitions
• insistences
• claims

desires

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of desire

1

as in craves

to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy

he greatly desired a new mountain bike for his next birthday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• craves
• wants
• enjoys
• covets
• loves
• wishes (for)
• thirsts (for)
• likes
• pants (after)
• lusts (for or after)
• dies (for)
• longs (for)
• itches (for)
• hungers (for)
• sighs (for)
• pines (for)
• yearns (for)
• prefers
• hankers (for or after)
• aches (for)
• desiderates
• salivates (for)
• fancies
• joneses (for)
• yens (for)
• repines (for)
• sets one's heart on
• spoils (for)
• admires
• relishes
• values
• grooves (on)
• delights (in)
• revels (in)
• adores
• favors
• treasures
• appreciates
• cherishes
• digs
• prizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hates
• despises
• loathes
• detests
• abhors
• refuses
• abominates
• rejects
• declines
• execrates
• spurns

2

as in requests

to make a request for

the host desires a response to the dinner invitation by tomorrow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• requests
• seeks
• demands
• speaks (for)
• pleads (for)
• sues (for)
• urges
• calls (for)
• requires
• asks (for)
• claims
• solicits
• wishes (for)
• bespeaks
• quests
• invites
• applies (for)
• begs (for)
• insists (on)
• importunes
• presses (for)
• invokes
• clamors (for)
• requisitions
• exacts
• enjoins
• petitions (for)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of desires

Noun

The most powerful campaigns don’t just act on data, but use data to point out human insight, pain points or unmet desires and then speak to them with a deep emotional connection. —Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

In The Girlfriend, the truth is malleable, open to change based on our biases, judgments, whimsies, and desires. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025

Woven from a rush straw cattail blend, these two round floor cushions will fulfill any, and all, desires to incorporate more natural materials into your design. —Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2025

And fans can plug into these solutions and make their desires for a better, greener concert experience known. —Adam Gardner, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025

Problems arise when actions are driven by government officials' personal ideological preferences and desires to limit different views, attorneys at Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and Student Press Law Center said. —Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025

Also, with Uranus retrograde in your second house of values and finances, expect surprising revelations around your worth and desires. —Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025

There is also room for a gym if the owner so desires. —Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025

How many other unspoken desires could take shape there? —Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025

Verb

Lavrov said that Russia desires peace, despite Russia launching some of its most aggressive strikes against Ukraine in weeks on Thursday. —Rebecca Schneid, Time, 24 Aug. 2025

This sends a very important message that Western leaders cannot ignore - Russia does not want to end the war and not without getting everything that Putin desires. —Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025

The desire to end the war is a good impulse, and President Trump genuinely desires peace. —Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025