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)
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of desiring

Simply desiring to change the United States’ habit of waging war has not been enough to change it. — Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026

But Newcastle intend to use the proceeds from the Tonali sale to reinvest in their squad, with Howe desiring a goalkeeper, at least one full-back, two midfielders (should Joe Willock also leave) and at least one attacker. — David Ornstein, New York Times, 1 July 2026

Yes, a few reward-like mechanisms are in the thin layer of the models built through reinforcement learning, but the models are overwhelmingly about predicting, not desiring. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Beachgoers seeking relief from the recent heat or simply desiring a walk near the ocean have been met over the past week with advisories to stay away and, barring that, warnings to be extremely cautious around waves that have proven tragically powerful along Bay Area coasts. — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 19 June 2026

London joined the organization in 2018, desiring to bring a chapter of the guild to his community in Seattle. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 16 June 2026

Employees who live outside the city — or anyone else desiring to park for an extended time in downtown Hudson — can get a downtown parking permit for $200 annually, or $20 a month, according to the city’s website. — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 10 June 2026

If desiring a man was a distraction at best and a disgrace at worst for decades, then when were you meant to learn about men? — Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026

Huxley suggests that the only people on whom immortality would not be wasted are those who have already ceased desiring it. — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026