"desire" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state (synset 107499405)
is a type of: feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states
subtypes:
- ambition, aspiration, dream - a cherished desire
- bloodlust - a desire for bloodshed
- temptation - the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid
- craving - an intense desire for some particular thing
- want, wish, wishing - a specific feeling of desire
- hungriness, longing, yearning - prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
- concupiscence, eros, physical attraction, sexual desire - a desire for sexual intimacy
- itch, urge - a strong restless desire
- caprice, impulse, whim - a sudden desire
An inclination to want things (synset 104952234)
"a man of many desires"

is a type of: inclination, tendency - a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
subtypes:
- hunger, hungriness, thirst, thirstiness - strong desire for something (not food or drink)
- greed - excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
Something that is desired (synset 114062475)
is a type of: arousal - a state of heightened physiological activity
subtypes:
- passion, rage - something that is desired intensely
- materialism, philistinism - a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters

Verb

Feel or have a desire for;
Want strongly (synset 201829179)
"I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"
subtypes:
- crave, hunger, lust, starve, thirst - have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- fancy, go for, take to - have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
- miss - feel or suffer from the lack of
- hope - be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
- wish - hope for; have a wish
- wish, wish well - feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of
- care, like, wish - prefer or wish to do something
- itch, spoil - have a strong desire or urge to do something
- like - want to have
- ambition - have as one's ambition
- feel like - have an inclination for something or some activity
- begrudge, envy - be envious of; set one's heart on
- lech after, lust after - have a strong sexual desire for
- hanker, long, yearn - desire strongly or persistently
- seek - try to get or reach
same as: want
Expect and wish (synset 201830665)
"I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"

is a type of: wish - hope for; have a wish

same as: hope, trust
Express a desire for (synset 201830320)
is a type of: ask for, bespeak, call for, quest, request - express the need or desire for