desire
- noun (n)
Meaning: want, longing
Synonyms:
admiration
ambition
appetite
ardor
aspiration
attraction
avidity
concupiscence
covetousness
craving
craze
cupidity
devotion
doting
eagerness
fancy
fascination
fervor
fondness
frenzy
greed
hankering
hunger
inclination
infatuation
itch
lasciviousness
lechery
libido
liking
love
lust
mania
motive
need
passion
predilection
proclivity
propensity
rapaciousness
rapture
ravenousness
relish
salacity
solicitude
thirst
urge
voracity
will
wish
yearning
- verb (v)
Meaning: want, long for
Synonyms:
aim
aspire to
be smitten
be turned on by
choose
cotton to
covet
crave
desiderate
die over
enjoy
fall for
fancy
give eyeteeth for
go for
hanker after
have eyes for
have the hots for
hunger for
like
lust after
make advances to
partial to
pine
set heart on
spoil for
sweet on
take a liking to
take a shine to
take to
thirst
wish for
yearn for
Antonyms:
not want
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