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

Meanwhile, Mars in Cancer comes in to restore everything from your creative momentum to your romantic desires, but Mars’ square to Neptune makes ideal scenarios difficult to resist. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026

Neozoon also has a clear take on how Eurocentric, patriarchal narratives play into this urge to own land and fulfill individuals’ desires. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026

This is, at times, a wrenching novel, strewn with broken bodies, but its atrocities never overwhelm its faith in creaturely communion, and in grief and longing that clarify, rather than obscure, one’s desires and selfhood. — Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

City council president Jamie Dunphy invited the Blazers to join the city council Thursday for a three-hour work session to go over their concerns and desires for the term sheet. — Esfandiar Baraheni, New York Times, 30 July 2026

The piece suggests companies should create alternative career paths, recognizing that not everyone is suited for or desires management. — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

The photos are accompanied by poetic fragments of text from several sitters on their faith, desires and memories. — Michael-Oliver Harding, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

With the current political climate, Love sees the hopelessness in the world and took it upon herself to create room for people to be a part of a community that desires to curate a safe space. — Zuri Primos july 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026

That panel voted last week in favor of removing restrictions on six peptides marketed for everything from wound healing to opioid withdrawal — exactly the outcome Kennedy desires, provided by people with a direct financial stake in delivering it. — A.j. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2026

Verb

Concerns should be raised honestly, and employees should cooperate in good faith, remembering that the new manager was hired for their experience and knowledge that the organization desires. — Dr. Cynthia J. Young, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

The portrait of Musk that emerges here is that of a childish, terminally online man who desires to eliminate the messiness of contemporary life for a more rigid order. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

In Cancer, Venus desires emotional safety, loyalty and genuine intimacy. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026

On the eve of her 18th birthday, June (now portrayed by Justine Moore) desires a love match. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 22 Mar. 2026

Your heart desires the familiar as Venus enters Pisces. — Usa Today, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026

Trump’s National Security Strategy focuses intensely on the Western Hemisphere, at the expense of Asia, and the administration ardently desires a trade deal and strategic coordination with Beijing. — Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026

Anderson's Constance Van Ness, the head of a rich mining family in the frontier town of Angel’s Ridge, desires the silver buried beneath Jasper Hollow, a tract of land partially owned by Headey's headstrong Fiona, a mother to four orphans. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025

This is what is required of anyone who truly desires to be a disciple of Christ, and this is the standard of Christian Science. — Moji George, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Dec. 2025