to wish or long for; crave; want.

to express a wish to obtain; ask for; request

The mayor desires your presence at the next meeting.

a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment

a desire for fame.

an expressed wish; request.

something desired.

sexual appetite or a sexual urge.

noun

aversion , disgust , dislike , distaste , hate , hatred , repulsion , answer , antagonism , reply , antipathy , apathy , inappetency.

verb

not want , answer

noun

admiration , ambition , appetite , ardor , aspiration , attraction , avidity , concupiscence , covetousness , craving , craze , cupidity , devotion , doting , eagerness , fancy , fascination , fervor , fondness , frenzy , greed , hankering * , hunger , inclination , infatuation , itch * , lasciviousness , lechery , libido , liking , love , lust , mania , motive , need , passion , predilection , proclivity , propensity , rapaciousness , rapture , ravenousness , relish , salacity , solicitude , thirst , urge , voracity , will , wish , yearning , appeal , entreaty , hope , importunity , petition , solicitation , supplication , want , appetence , appetency , itch , longing , yen , amativeness , eroticism , erotism , libidinousness , lustfulness , prurience , pruriency , appetition , cacoethes , desiderata , desideration , eros , gluttony , hankering , impulse , insatiability , insatiety , orexis , quest , request , velleity

verb

aim , aspire to , be smitten , be turned on by , choose , cotton to , covet , crave , desiderate , die over , enjoy , fall for * , fancy , give eyeteeth for , go for * , hanker after , have eyes for , have the hots for , hunger for , like , lust after , make advances to , partial to , pine , set heart on , spoil for , sweet on , take a liking to , take a shine to , take to * , thirst , wish for , yearn for , beg , bespeak , entreat , importune , petition , seek , solicit , please , want , will , wish , ache , hanker , long , pant , yearn , appetence , appetency , appetite , ardor , aspire , care , craving , cupidity , fantasy , gratify , hankering , hope , hunger , inclination , indulge , itch , long for , longing , lust , mania , need , passion , prefer , preference , relish , request , sate , satiate , urge , yearning , yen