Definition for Wish:

• prefer or wish to do something; " Do you care to try this dish?"; " Would you like to come along to the movies?"

Synonyms for Wish:

• n.

  •
  • curse,
  • enchantment,
  • enchanted,
  • abracadabra,
  • halloween,
  • alchemy,
  • ESP.
  •
  • invocation,
  • prayer,
  • command,
  • injunction,
  • liking.
  •
  • promise,
  • pardon.
  •
  • regards.
  •
  • wants,
  • hone.
  •aim (noun)
  • objective,
  • scheme,
  • design,
  • intent,
  • plan.
  •ambition (noun)
  • goal.
  •aspiration (noun)
  • craving,
  • passion,
  • eagerness.
  •behest (noun)
  • demand.
  •choice (noun)
  • determination,
  • preference,
  • judgment,
  • volition,
  • decision,
  • option,
  • selection,
  • alternative,
  • discretion.
  •desire (noun)
  • Ardency,
  • covetousness,
  • itch,
  • thirst,
  • greed,
  • hunger,
  • expectation,
  • yearning,
  • acquisitiveness,
  • amorousness,
  • fondness.
  •feeling (noun)
  • wishing,
  • want.
  •free will (noun)
  • free choice,
  • velleity.
  •hope (noun)
  • contemplation,
  • optimism,
  • faith,
  • anticipation,
  • presumption,
  • confidence,
  • sureness.
  •intention (noun)
  • agenda,
  • prospectus,
  • proposal,
  • consideration,
  • forecast,
  • calculation,
  • approach,
  • schedule,
  • idea,
  • scenario,
  • intention,
  • strategy,
  • policy,
  • forethought,
  • procedure,
  • choice.
  •motivation (noun)
  • predetermination.
  •request (noun)
  • summons,
  • inquiry,
  • query,
  • question,
  • plea,
  • probe,
  • invitation,
  • requisition,
  • appeal,
  • entreaty,
  • petition.

• v.

  •aim (verb)
  • intend,
  • address,
  • propose,
  • endeavor,
  • direct,
  • contemplate.
  •aspire (verb)
  • seek.
  •bid (verb)
  • call.
  •choose (verb)
  • love,
  • determine,
  • elect,
  • fancy,
  • favor,
  • select,
  • pick,
  • judge,
  • decide,
  • call for,
  • adopt,
  • see fit,
  • espouse.
  •desire (verb)
  • grasp,
  • welcome,
  • covet,
  • crave,
  • hanker.
  •hope (verb)
  • believe,
  • await,
  • trust,
  • rely,
  • presume,
  • assume,
  • dream of,
  • anticipate.
  •intend (verb)
  • consider,
  • resolve,
  • expect.
  •request (verb)
  • plead,
  • summon,
  • inquire,
  • invite,
  • solicit.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • wish for,
  • clamor,
  • gesundheit,
  • do with,
  • mood,
  • temptation,
  • impatience,
  • pine for,
  • appetence,
  • appetency,
  • look for.
  •
  • yen.
  •
  • greeting,
  • ache,
  • appetite,
  • enjoy.
  •
  • burn.
  •hope
  • look forward to.
  •like
  • feel like.
  •long
  • spoil for.
  •Other relevant words:
  • instruct,
  • forbidden fruit,
  • eagerly,
  • ultimatum,
  • ask for,
  • care,
  • foist,
  • offer,
  • happy,
  • meditatively,
  • attentiveness,
  • pray for,
  • extraordinary,
  • libido,
  • penchant,
  • genuine,
  • commitment,
  • truly,
  • want to,
  • disturb,
  • decree,
  • beg,
  • very,
  • heartfelt,
  • esteem,
  • solicitous,
  • privation,
  • press,
  • plan on,
  • hanker after,
  • deficiency,
  • intellect,
  • die,
  • pure,
  • pray to,
  • gaze,
  • motive,
  • approximately,
  • reliance,
  • bright,
  • worry,
  • trophy,
  • frame of mind,
  • most,
  • lodestone,
  • be willing,
  • hope for,
  • plum,
  • deal,
  • compliments,
  • faithful,
  • ask,
  • pleased,
  • count upon,
  • desired,
  • fair,
  • uncommon,
  • sincere,
  • insistence,
  • strange,
  • force,
  • keenness,
  • order,
  • proclivity,
  • peculiar,
  • around,
  • longingly,
  • partiality,
  • pruriency,
  • Coveting,
  • desirous,
  • taste,
  • concupiscence,
  • molest,
  • plot,
  • highly,
  • unhopeful,
  • entertain,
  • indent,
  • conjure,
  • way,
  • pleasant,
  • hand around,
  • handle,
  • judgement,
  • beseech,
  • prize,
  • chaste,
  • Contemplatively,
  • catch,
  • narrowly,
  • necessity,
  • have in mind,
  • extraneous,
  • ardor,
  • curiosity,
  • predisposition,
  • drive,
  • count on,
  • position,
  • enviously,
  • magnet,
  • graceful,
  • pensively,
  • calculate on,
  • would,
  • tender,
  • wish fulfillment,
  • bespeak,
  • regard,
  • make,
  • honest,
  • disposition,
  • opt,
  • adjure,
  • entreat,
  • whistle for,
  • file,
  • infrequent,
  • requisite,
  • invoke,
  • delight,
  • application,
  • greatly,
  • manage,
  • Arriere Pensee,
  • congratulate,
  • plan for,
  • requirement,
  • attraction,
  • animus,
  • Impetration,
  • virtuous,
  • concerned,
  • agreeable,
  • compel,
  • predilection,
  • search for,
  • harbour,
  • try for,
  • purposefulness,
  • be willing to,
  • indirect request,
  • Familiarly,
  • become silent,
  • nearly,
  • whim,
  • elegant,
  • ordain,
  • respect,
  • bear,
  • trusting,
  • fantasy,
  • ardour,
  • lack,
  • take to,
  • Neediness,
  • reckon on,
  • prerequisite,
  • felicitate,
  • roughly,
  • would like,
  • moral,
  • favour,
  • thirst after,
  • sigh for,
  • wish well,
  • wishfully,
  • honorable,
  • eager,
  • envy,
  • pleasure principle,
  • apply,
  • focus on,
  • specify,
  • good,
  • closely,
  • aspire to,
  • will and pleasure,
  • long for,
  • intimately,
  • have in view,
  • yearn for,
  • propensity,
  • involve,
  • say-so,
  • virtually,
  • resolution,
  • be desirous of,
  • prurience,
  • Desideration,
  • righteous,
  • heed,
  • think fit,
  • set one's heart on,
  • rare,
  • palm,
  • deprivation,
  • strive for,
  • wistfully,
  • really,
  • foreign,
  • exigency.

Paraphrases for Wish:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    willing, interested.
  • Proper noun, singular
    urges, thunderstorms.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Desiderata, vows, longing, ambition, Hoped, wanting, interest, expectation, desired, desirability, eagerness, willpower.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Aiming, seeking, asking, Praying, calling, looking, running, Gunning, wanting.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    Kidding, loans, intend, like, congratulate, prefer, expect, Dreamt.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    likes, Does.
  • Verb, base form
    recommended, intend, like, congratulate, prefer, Chose, interest, expect, considered, Considering, deciding, invite, invited.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    intention, yearning, determination.

Antonyms for Wish:

• n.

  • aim
    neglect, thoughtlessness, aimlessness, avoidance, purposelessness.
  • wish
    dislike, hatred, hate.

• v.

  • desire
    give, spurn, answer, despise, ignore.

Homophones for Wish:

• wisch.

Hypernym for Wish:

• n.

  • feeling
    velleity.

• v.

  • emotion
    desire, trust, hope.

Hyponym for Wish:

• n.

  • cognition
    preference, druthers.
  • feeling
    desire.

• v.

  • communication
    verbalise, express, verbalize, utter, order, give tongue to.
  • emotion
    want, desire.