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Definitions for Desire

[1] to wish or long for; crave; want.
[2] to express a wish to obtain; ask for; request: The mayor desires your presence at the next meeting.
[3] a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment: a desire for fame.
[4] an expressed wish; request.
[5] something desired.
[6] sexual appetite or a sexual urge.
[7] to wish or long for; crave; want
[8] to express a wish or make a request for; ask for
[9] a wish or longing; craving
[10] an expressed wish; request
[11] sexual appetite; lust
[12] a person or thing that is desired

Words related to Desire

lust, eagerness, hunger, fascination, wish, aspiration, thirst, will, yearning, motive, passion, devotion, ambition, need, love, appetite, craving, greed, inclination, appeal

Words nearby Desire

desilver, desilverize, desinence, desipramine, desirable, desire, desire under the elms, desired, desirous, desist, desk

Origin of Desire

1200–50; Middle English desiren < Old French desirer < Latin dēsīderāre; see desiderate

Other words from Desire

de·sired·ly [dih-zahyuh rd -lee, -zahy -rid-] /dɪˈzaɪə rd li, -ˈzaɪ rɪd-/ , adverb
de·sired·ness , noun
de·sire·less , adjective
de·sir·er , noun
de·sir·ing·ly , adverb
o·ver·de·sire , noun
self-de·sire , noun
un·de·sir·ing , adjective
Related adjective: orectic

Word origin for Desire

C13: from Old French desirer, from Latin dēsīderāre to desire earnestly; see desiderate

Synonyms for Desire

ambition, appetite, aspiration, craving, devotion, eagerness, fascination, greed, hunger, inclination, love, lust, motive, need, passion, thirst, will, wish, yearning, admiration, ardor, attraction, avidity, concupiscence, covetousness, craze, cupidity, doting, fancy, fervor, fondness, frenzy, hankering, infatuation, itch, lasciviousness, lechery, libido, liking, mania, predilection, proclivity, propensity, rapaciousness, rapture, ravenousness, relish, salacity, solicitude, urge, voracity