Definition for Wishing:

• Desiring; longing for.

Synonyms for Wishing:

• adj.

  •believing (adjective)
  • Hoping.
  •desirous (adjective)
  • prehensile,
  • wishful.
  •hoping (adjective)
  • looking forward.
  •wishful (adjective)
  • more daydreaming,
  • most hankering,
  • longful,
  • most daydreaming,
  • more hankering,
  • most longful,
  • more longful.

• n.

  •want (noun)
  • want.
  •wish (noun)
  • wish.

• v.

  •choosing (verb)
  • judging,
  • Choosing,
  • Adopting,
  • determining,
  • deciding,
  • picking,
  • Electing,
  • favoring,
  • Fancying,
  • liking,
  • Preferring,
  • Selecting,
  • Espousing.
  •desiring (verb)
  • itching,
  • longing,
  • grasping,
  • Needing,
  • pining,
  • craving,
  • Thirsting,
  • hankering,
  • Lusting,
  • Coveting,
  • welcoming,
  • Hungering.
  •hoping (verb)
  • trusting,
  • Awaiting,
  • Anticipating,
  • assuming,
  • aspiring,
  • yearning,
  • Desiring,
  • believing,
  • Contemplating,
  • wanting,
  • dreaming of,
  • Presuming,
  • Relying.
  •requesting (verb)
  • inquiring,
  • urging,
  • pleading,
  • Petitioning,
  • seeking,
  • probing,
  • Querying,
  • appealing,
  • bidding,
  • requisitioning,
  • Soliciting,
  • summoning,
  • demanding,
  • questioning,
  • inviting.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • desirous,
  • Requesting.
  •n.
  • desire.

Paraphrases for Wishing:

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Desiring.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    willingness, desire.
  • Verb, past tense
    interested, wanted.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Intending, Hoping, Congratulating, striving, wanting, aspiring, Choosing, welcoming, complimenting, Reiterating, Aiming, candidates, ready, inviting, Contemplating, Stipulating, Submitting, endeavouring, Expecting, issuing, Expressing, Suggesting, Considering, seeking, asking, Awaiting, Whoever, searching, urging, yearning, Soliciting, Selecting, Petitioning, wondering, Requesting, demanding, Requiring, circulating, Attempting, pretending, opting, offering, communicating, Exploring, Extending, wandering, sending, die, assuming, Acceding, researching, trying, Addressing, Needing, Marrying, speaking, seeing, greeting, appealing, stealing, targeting, surrounding, conveying, Applying, Claiming, focusing, changing, contacting, ordering, Electing, finding, catering, brooding, ensuring, flying, hearing, lending, Robbing, calling, loans, Treating, lacking, Stating, booking, directing, Forming, looking, Doing, meaning, dealing, putting, making.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    hopes, wants.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Desiring.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    struggling.

Wishing Sentence Examples:

• If wishing to get well will help me, I shall not be long sick.

• She laughed, not wishing to cry.