Synonyms of desiring

desiring

verb

present participle of desire

1

as in craving

to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy

he greatly desired a new mountain bike for his next birthday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• craving
• wanting
• enjoying
• coveting
• dying (for)
• wishing (for)
• loving
• yearning (for)
• panting (after)
• itching (for)
• longing (for)
• preferring
• liking
• lusting (for or after)
• sighing (for)
• thirsting (for)
• hankering (for or after)
• pining (for)
• hungering (for)
• salivating (for)
• aching (for)
• repining (for)
• desiderating
• jonesing (for)
• setting one's heart on
• admiring
• relishing
• yenning (for)
• fancying
• spoiling (for)
• revelling (in)
• grooving (on)
• favoring
• valuing
• delighting (in)
• reveling (in)
• digging
• adoring
• appreciating
• cherishing
• treasuring
• prizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hating
• despising
• abhorring
• detesting
• refusing
• loathing
• rejecting
• declining
• execrating
• spurning
• abominating

2

as in seeking

to make a request for

the host desires a response to the dinner invitation by tomorrow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seeking
• requesting
• requiring
• speaking (for)
• calling (for)
• pleading (for)
• demanding
• urging
• asking (for)
• suing (for)
• soliciting
• claiming
• inviting
• applying (for)
• questing
• wishing (for)
• begging (for)
• clamoring (for)
• bespeaking
• importuning
• invoking
• pressing (for)
• insisting (on)
• enjoining
• petitioning (for)
• requisitioning
• exacting