Synonyms for wish
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : wish |
| Phonetic Transcription : wɪʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for wish Other synonyms for the word wish
- beg
- command
- covet
- desiderate
- disposition
- elect
- entreat
- expect
- fancy
- hanker
- hankering
- hunger
- invocation
- invoke
- itch
- like
- liking
- long
- longing
- look forward to
- need
- order
- please
- pleasure
- pray for
- prayer
- prefer
- preference
- request
- set one's heart on
- sigh for
- solicit
- spoil for
- thirst
- urge
- want
- whim
- will
- yearn
- yearning
- yen
Définition of wish
Origin :- Old English wyscan "to wish," from Proto-Germanic *wunskijanan (cf. Old Norse æskja, Danish ønske, Swedish önska, Middle Dutch wonscen, Dutch wensen, Old High German wunsken, German wunschen "to wish"), from PIE *wun-/*wen-/*won- "to strive after, wish, desire, be satisfied" (cf. Sanskrit vanati "he desires, loves, wins," Latin venus "love, sexual desire, loveliness," venerari "to worship;" see Venus). The noun is attested from c.1300. Wish fulfillment (1901) translates German wunscherfüllung (Freud, "Die Traumdeutung," 1900).
- noun desire
- verb desire
- "It is partly for your sake that I wish it, my poor child," said he.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- “I wish they may not be in league with them,” said Master Headley.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- I wish we might have talked more—I'm sure—when are you leaving?
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I wish my father had intrusted his money to you instead of to the superintendent.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- "If there were any use in wishing, I'd wish myself on shore," said the second.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- I never in my life saw any harm done by a villain; I wish I could.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Shall be happy to facilitate any despatch you may wish forwarded to your Government.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- "I wish it would," she said, gently, and then went on with her own thoughts while he was silent.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- I wish he were here now, even he,—any one who loved me truly, and whom I could love only a little.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- There, if it be your wish, I will propose you; messengers will be appointed to converse with you.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
Antonyms for wish
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