All wish synonyms
wish
W w verb wish
- solicit — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- desiderate — to feel the lack of or need for; long for; miss
- look forward to — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- set one's heart on — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- spoil for — If you are spoiling for a fight, you are very eager for it to happen.
- ask — If you ask someone something, you say something to them in the form of a question because you want to know the answer.
- ask for — to try to obtain by requesting
- bid — A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it.