All desire synonyms
deΒ·sire
D d verb desire
- want β to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- crave β If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
- covet β If you covet something, you strongly want to have it for yourself.
- seek β to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
noun desire
- lust β intense sexual desire or appetite.
- eagerness β keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
- hunger β a compelling need or desire for food.
- fascination β the power or action of fascinating.
- wish β to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- aspiration β Someone's aspirations are their desire to achieve things.
- thirst β a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
- will β Wallace, 1875β1959, U.S. journalist and humorist.
- yearning β deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
- motive β something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.
- passion β any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
- devotion β Devotion is great love, affection, or admiration for someone.
- ambition β If you have an ambition to do or achieve something, you want very much to do it or achieve it.
- need β a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.
- love β a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- appetite β Your appetite is your desire to eat.
- craving β an intense desire or longing
- greed β excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
- inclination β a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference: Much against his inclination, he was forced to resign.
- appeal β If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them.
- hope β Anthony, pen name of Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins.
- rapture β ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy.
- fancy β imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- avidity β the quality or state of being avid
- infatuation β the state of being infatuated.
- liking β Usually, likes. the things a person likes: a long list of likes and dislikes.
- craze β If there is a craze for something, it is very popular for a short time.
- hankering β a longing; craving.
- attraction β An attraction is a feature which makes something interesting or desirable.
- solicitude β the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- propensity β a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
- fervor β great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor.
- ardor β emotional warmth; passion
- covetousness β inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
- doting β showing a decline of mental faculties, especially associated with old age; weak-minded; senile.
- urge β to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
- proclivity β natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- itch β to have or feel a peculiar tingling or uneasy irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected: My nose itches.
- lasciviousness β inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- libido β Psychoanalysis. all of the instinctual energies and desires that are derived from the id.
- ravenous β extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- mania β an ancient Roman goddess of the dead.
- frenzy β extreme mental agitation; wild excitement or derangement.
- cupidity β Cupidity is a greedy desire for money and possessions.
- relish β liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- fondness β the state or quality of being fond.