desire (redirected from desires)

desire noun ambition, appetency, appetite, appetitio, ardent impulse, ardor, aspiration, attraction, avidity, bent, concupiscence, covetousness, craving, cupidity, desiderium, eagerness, fancy, fondness, hankering, hunger, impulse, inclination, liking, longing, lust, motive, proclivity, propensity, rapaciousness, thirst, urge, want, will, wish, yearning, yen
Associated concepts: precatory words

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desire verb apply for, ask, ask for, aspire, be after, be bent upon, be eager, beg a favor, call for, clamor for, covet, crave, cry out for, cupere, desiderare, desiderate, entreat, expetere, express a wish to obtain, have a proclivity, have a yearning, have an appetite, have an impulse, have deeigns on, have one's heart set on, hope for, incline, like to, long for, make a request for, make application for, press, pursue, put in a claim for, request, solicit, supplicate, urge, want, wish for
Associated concepts: precatory words

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See also: choose, conatus, demand, desideratum, design, end, intend, intent, intention, lack, market, need, notion, objective, passion, predilection, predisposition, purpose, pursue, request, require, volition