Synonyms for desideratum
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-sid-uh-rey-tuh m, -rah-, -zid- |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˌsɪd əˈreɪ təm, -ˈrɑ-, -ˌzɪd- |
Top 10 synonyms for desideratum Other synonyms for the word desideratum
- call
- cause
- charge
- claim
- committal
- compulsion
- concern
- condition
- course
- demand
- desideratum
- design
- devoir
- duress
- duty
- element
- end
- engrossment
- essence
- exaction
- exigency
- extremity
- fulfillment
- godsend
- imperative
- indispensability
- inevitability
- inexorableness
- lack
- life or death
- longing
- mark
- must
- necessary
- need
- needfulness
- no alternative
- no choice
- object
- obligation
- obsession
- occasion
- ought
- pinch
- plan
- precondition
- preliminary
- preoccupation
- prepossession
- prerequisite
- prescription
- privation
- provision
- proviso
- purpose
- qualification
- requirement
- requisite
- right
- scheme
- sine qua non
- specification
- stipulation
- stress
- target
- terms
- the urge
- undeniability
- urgency
- use
- vital part
- vitals
- want
- weakness
- where one is heading
- wish
Définition of desideratum
Origin :- "something lacking," see desiderata.
- As in necessity : noun need, essentiality
- As in need : noun want, requirement
- As in requirement/requisite : noun necessity, want
- As in requirement : noun necessity
- As in aim : noun goal
- If health is a desideratum, one way to attain a lot of it is to cut out the booze.
- Extract from : « The Old Game » by Samuel G. Blythe
- An appearance of antiquity is never a desideratum to the honest book-collector.
- Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
- A revision of genus Cratægus has long been a desideratum with botanists.
- Extract from : « Handbook of the Trees of New England » by Lorin Low Dame
- For in that summery clime shade, not sun, is the desideratum.
- Extract from : « The Free Lances » by Mayne Reid
- There is no sentiment in botany or in chemistry, and in them the desideratum is truth.
- Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
- Douglas (Gawyn), a complete edition of his works a desideratum, 38.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 3, January-June, 1851 » by Various
- Henryson (Robert), a complete edition of his poems a desideratum, 38.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 3, January-June, 1851 » by Various
- How to do something, and still not do too much, is the desideratum.
- Extract from : « The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Two » by Abraham Lincoln
- This desideratum of varied tone-colour is sought even by instrumentalists.
- Extract from : « Style in Singing » by W. E. Haslam
- A thoroughly faithful yet pleasing rendering is a desideratum.
- Extract from : « Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail » by Alfred Nutt
Antonyms for desideratum
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