The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state.

Roget 865: desire, wish, fancy, fantasy; want, need, exigency.    mind, inclination, leaning, bent, animus, partiality, penchant, predilection; propensity etc. 820; willingness etc. 602; liking, love, fondness, relish.    longing, hankering, inkling; solicitude, anxiety; yearning, coveting; aspiration, ambition, vaulting ambition; eagerness, zeal, ardor, empressement [Fr.], breathless impatience, overanxiety; impetuosity, etc. 825.    appetite, appetition^†, appetence^†, appetency^†; sharp appetite, keenness, hunger, stomach, twist; thirst, thirstiness; drouth, mouthwatering; itch, itching; prurience, cacoethes [Lat.], cupidity, lust, concupiscence.    edge of appetite, edge of hunger; torment of Tantalus; sweet tooth, lickerish tooth^†; itching palm; longing eye, wistful eye, sheep's eye.    [excessive desire for money] greed etc. 817.1. voracity etc. (gluttony) 957.    passion, rage, furore^†, mania, manie^†; inextinguishable desire; dipsomania, kleptomania.    [Person who desires] lover, amateur, votary, devotee, aspirant, solicitant, candidate, applicant, supplicant; cormorant etc. 957.    [Object of desire] desideratum; want etc. (requirement) 630; a consummation devoutly to be wished;" attraction, magnet, allurement, fancy, temptation, seduction, fascination, prestige, height of one's ambition, idol; whim, whimsy, whimsey^†; maggot; hobby, hobby-horse.    Fortunatus's cap; wishing cap, wishing stone, wishing well.    ... show more

Roget 858: hope, hopes; desire etc. 865; fervent hope, sanguine expectation, trust, confidence, reliance; faith etc. (belief) 484; affiance, assurance; secureness, security; reassurance.    good omen, good auspices; promise, well grounded hopes; good prospect, bright prospect; clear sky.    assumption, presumption; anticipation etc. (expectation) 507.    hopefulness, buoyancy, optimism, enthusiasm, heart of grace, aspiration.    [person who is hopeful] optimist, utopian, utopist^†.    castles in the air, castles in Spain, chateaux en Espagne [Fr.], le pot aut lait [Fr.], Utopia, millennium; day dream, golden dream; dream of Alnaschar^†; airy hopes, fool's paradise; mirage etc. (fallacies of vision) 443; fond hope.    beam of hope, ray of hope, gleam of hope, glimmer of hope, flash of hope, dawn of hope, star of hope; cheer; bit of blue sky, silver lining, silver lining of the cloud, bottom of Pandora's box, balm in Gilead; light at the end of the tunnel.    anchor, sheet anchor, mainstay; staff etc. (support) 215; heaven etc. 981.    ... show more

Roget 600: will, volition, conation^†, velleity; liberum arbitrium [Lat.]; will and pleasure, free will; freedom etc. 748; discretion; option etc. (choice) 609; voluntariness^†; spontaneity, spontaneousness; originality.    pleasure, wish, mind; desire; frame of mind etc. (inclination) 602; intention etc. 620; predetermination etc. 611; selfcontrol &c.; determination etc. (resolution) 604; force of will.    ... show more

Roget 817a: covetousness, ravenousness etc. adj.; venality, avidity, cupidity; acquisitiveness (acquisition) 775; desire etc. 865.    [greed for money or material things] greed, greediness, avarice, avidity, rapacity, extortion.    selfishness etc. 943; auri sacra fames [Lat.].    grasping, craving, canine appetite, rapacity.    ... show more

Dutch: verlangen
Polish: żądza

An inclination to want things.

Dutch: drift

Something that is desired.

Feel or have a desire for; want strongly.

synonym: want.

Roget 620: intend, purpose, design, mean; have to; propose to oneself; harbor a design; have in view, have in contemplation, have in one's eye, have in petto; have an eye to.    bid for, labor for; be after, aspire after, endeavor after; be at, aim at, drive at, point at, level at, aspire at; take aim; set before oneself; study to.    take upon oneself etc. (undertake) 676; take into one's head; meditate, contemplate of, think of, dream of, talk of; premeditate etc. 611; compass, calculate; destine, destinate^†; propose.    project etc. (plan) 626; have a mind to etc. (be willing) 602; desire etc. 865; pursue etc. 622.    ... show more

Roget 897: love, like, affect, fancy, care for, take an interest in, be partial to, sympathize with; affection; be in love with etc. adj.; have a love etc. n.. for, entertain a love etc. n.. for, harbor cherish a love etc. n.. for; regard, revere; take to, bear love to, be wedded to; set one's affections on; make much of, feast one's eyes on; hold dear, prize; hug, cling to, cherish, pet.    burn; adore, idolize, love to distraction, aimer eperdument [Fr.]; dote on, dote upon; take a fancy to, look sweet upon; become enamored etc. adj.; fall in love with, lose one's heart; desire etc. 865.    excite love; win the heart, gain the heart, win the affections, gain the affections, secure the love, engage the affections; take the fancy of have a place in the heart, wind round the heart; attract, attach, endear, charm, fascinate, captivate, bewitch, seduce, enamor, enrapture, turn the head.    get into favor; ingratiate oneself, insinuate oneself, worm oneself; propitiate, curry favor with, pay one's court to, faire l'aimable [Fr.], set one's cap at, flirt.    ... show more

Roget 865: desire; wish, wish for; be desirous etc. adj.. have a longing etc. n.; hope etc. 858.    care for, affect, like, list; take to, cling to, take a fancy to; fancy; prefer etc. (choose) 609.    have an eye, have a mind to; find it in one's heart etc. (be willing) 602; have a fancy for, set one's eyes upon; cast a sheep's eye upon, look sweet upon; take into one's head, have at heart, be bent upon; set one's cap at, set one's heart upon, set one's mind upon; covet.    want, miss, need, feel the want of, would fain have, would fain do; would be glad of.    be hungry etc. adj.; have a good appetite, play a good knife and fork; hunger after, thirst after, crave after, lust after, itch after, hanker after, run mad after; raven for, die for; burn to.    desiderate^†; sigh for, cry for, gape for, gasp for, pine for, pant for, languish for, yearn for, long, be on thorns for, hope for; aspire after; catch at, grasp at, jump at.    woo, court, solicit; fish for, spell for, whistle for, put up for; ogle.    cause desire, create desire, raise desire, excite desire, provoke desire; whet the appetite; appetize^†, titillate, allure, attract, take one's fancy, tempt; hold out temptation, hold out allurement; tantalize, make one's mouth water, faire venir l'eau a la bouche [Fr.].    gratify desire etc. (give pleasure) 829.    ... show more

Roget 829: cause pleasure, produce pleasure, create pleasure, give pleasure, afford pleasure, procure pleasure, offer pleasure, present pleasure, yield pleasure etc. 827.    please, charm, delight, becharm^†, imparadise^†; gladden etc. (make cheerful) 836; take, captivate, fascinate; enchant, entrance, enrapture, transport, bewitch; enravish^†.    bless, beatify; satisfy; gratify, desire; etc. 865; slake, satiate, quench; indulge, humor, flatter, tickle; tickle the palate etc. (savory) 394; regale, refresh; enliven; treat; amuse etc. 840; take one's fancy, tickle one's fancy, hit one's fancy; meet one's wishes; win the heart, gladden the heart, rejoice the heart, warm the cockles of the heart; do one's heart good.    attract, allure etc. (move) 615; stimulate etc. (excite) 824; interest.    make things pleasant, popularize, gild the pill, sugar-coat the pill, sweeten.    ... show more

Roget 630: require, need, want, have occasion for; not be able to do without, not be able to dispense with; prerequire^†.    render necessary, necessitate, create a, necessity for, call for, put in requisition; make a requisition etc. (ask for) 765, (demand) 741.    stand in need of; lack etc. 640; desiderate^†; desire etc. 865; be necessary etc. Adj. ... show more

Roget 602: be willing etc. adj.; incline, lean to, mind, propend; had as lief; lend a willing ear, give a willing ear, turn a willing ear; have a half a mind to, have a great mind to; hold to, cling to; desire etc. 865.    see fit, think good, think proper; acquiesce etc. (assent) 488; comply with etc. 762.    swallow the bait, nibble at the bait; gorge the hook; have no scruple of, make no scruple of; make no bones of; jump at, catch at; meet halfway; volunteer.    ... show more

Dutch: dorst, begeerte, verlangen, wens, willen

Expect and wish.

synonyms: hope, trust.

Dutch: hopen

Express a desire for.