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

Venus, your ruling planet, goes direct in Pisces on the 12th, ending the retrograde and shifting your focus back to your desires and personal values. —Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025

There is this constant projection from bad-faith actors, who find the truth irrelevant to their desires to rhetorically position the work that artists are doing—and even reality itself. —Helen Molesworth, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025

Beverage makers are grappling with consumers’ desires for healthier fare, and sales of beer and soda have ebbed. —Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025

Does a partner’s dream clash with your home desires? —Usa Today, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025

Now, her interviews can focus on her interests and influences and not on the tug-of-war between audience desires and a creative’s needs. —Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025

This recentering of impossible, exclusionary beauty standards reflects not only the ugly desires of white supremacist patriarchy, but reflects a broader issue of what is sacrificed when efficiency and optimization take precedence over real human experience and connection. —Essence, 24 Sep. 2025

The odds that this speaker will move to thwart the electoral desires of this president are roughly the same as those of Pam Bondi posting all of the Epstein files on Bluesky. —Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025

Whatever your heart desires, a new television project that celebrates and empowers men and women in mid-life and beyond, is holding an open casting call. —Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 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