All desideratum synonyms

noun desideratum

• goal — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
• need — a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.
• want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
• desire — A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
• direction — the act or an instance of directing.
• target — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
• wish — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
• aspiration — Someone's aspirations are their desire to achieve things.
• intention — an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
• intent — something that is intended; purpose; design; intention: The original intent of the committee was to raise funds.
• purpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
• ambition — If you have an ambition to do or achieve something, you want very much to do it or achieve it.
• objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
• plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
• requirement — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
• precondition — something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion.
• prerequisite — required beforehand: a prerequisite fund of knowledge.
• fundamental — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
• obligation — something by which a person is bound or obliged to do certain things, and which arises out of a sense of duty or results from custom, law, etc.
• urgency — urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.
• use — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
• right — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
• commitment — Commitment is a strong belief in an idea or system.
• object — anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
• mark — Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837–1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897–1904.
• course — Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
• design — When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
• scheme — a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
• claim — If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
• privation — lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life: His life of privation began to affect his health.
• inexorableness — unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
• demand — If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
• want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
• call — a demand for redeemable bonds or shares to be presented for repayment
• imperative — imperative language
• compulsion — A compulsion is a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control.
• cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
• duress — compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint.
• requisite — required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable: the requisite skills of an engineer.
• godsend — an unexpected thing or event that is particularly welcome and timely, as if sent by God.
• must — to be obliged; be compelled: Do I have to go? I must, I suppose.
• stress — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
• necessary — being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor.
• pinch — to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
• indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
• vitals — the bodily organs, such as the brain, liver, heart, lungs, etc, that are necessary to maintain life
• inevitability — unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary: an inevitable conclusion.
• duty — something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
• longing — strong, persistent desire or craving, especially for something unattainable or distant: filled with longing for home.
• weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.