Thesaurus:desire

Thesaurus

desire

English

Noun

Sense: someone or something wished for

Synonyms

• ambition
• appetite
• appetition
• aspiration
• avidity
• cacoethes
• concupiscence
• craving    [⇒ thesaurus]
• cupidity
• desire
• dream
• fondness
• hankering
• hope
• hunger
• idea
• keenness
• longing
• lust    [⇒ thesaurus] (archaic)
• mind
• prurience
• thirst
• wanna
• want    [⇒ thesaurus]
• want-to
• wish
• yearning

Antonyms

• apathy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• contempt    [⇒ thesaurus]
• disinterest
• distaste
• hatred

Hyponyms

• craving    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• longing
• pine (archaic)
• yearning

Instances

• fame
• recreation
• relationship
• success

See also

• Thesaurus:intention
• Thesaurus:want

Further reading

• “865. desire” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “desire” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.