Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
desire (verb)transitive verb
1.
to long or hope for exhibit or feel desire for - desire success
2.
a) to express a wish for - request they desire an immediate answer
b) archaic to express a wish to - ask
3.
obsolete - invite
4.
intransitive verb
archaic to feel the loss of to have or feel desire
1.
conscious impulse toward something that promises enjoyment or satisfaction in its attainment
2.
a) - longing craving
b) sexual urge or appetite
3.
a usually formal request or petition for some action
4.
something - desired
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
desire (noun)1.
a strong wish for something
SYNONIMS:
appetency, appetite, craving, drive, hankering, hunger, itch, jones, letch, longing, lust, passion, pining, thirst, thirstiness, urge, yearning, yenRELATED WORDS:
compulsion, impulse, impulsion, will, zeal; liking, love, taste, weakness; eagerness, impatience; want, wish; necessity, need, requirement; obsession; acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, greed, greediness, rapaciousness, rapacity; cacoëthes, maniaNEAR ANTONYMS:
abhorrence, abomination, allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, dislike, disliking, distaste, hatred, loathing, nausea, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion; apathy, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern2.
sexual appetite
SYNONIMS:
concupiscence, eroticism, horniness, hots, itch, lech, letch, libidinousness, lust, lustfulness, lustihood, passion, salaciousnessRELATED WORDS:
libido; ardor, heat, rut; erotomania, hypersexuality, lecherousness, lechery, nymphomania, satyriasis; veneryNEAR ANTONYMS:
abstinence, celibacy, chastity; frigidity, frigidness3.
an earnest request
SYNONIMS:
adjuration, appeal, conjuration, cry, desire, entreaty, petition, pleading, prayer, solicitation, suit, suppliance, supplicationRELATED WORDS:
application, requisition; call, claim, demand, insistence1.
to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy
SYNONIMS:
ache (for), covet, crave, desiderate, die (for), hanker (for after), hunger (for), itch (for), jones (for), long (for), lust (for after), pant (after), pine (for), repine (for), salivate (for), sigh (for), thirst (for), want, wish (for), yearn (for), yen (for)RELATED WORDS:
spoil (for); adore, delight (in), dig, enjoy, fancy, groove (on), like, love, relish, revel (in); favor, prefer; admire, appreciate, cherish, prize, treasure, valueNEAR ANTONYMS:
abhor, abominate, despise, detest, execrate, hate, loathe; decline, refuse, reject, spurn2.
to make a request for
SYNONIMS:
bespeak, call (for), desire, plead (for), quest, request, seek, solicit, speak (for), sue (for)RELATED WORDS:
apply (for), beg (for), claim, clamor (for), importune, urge, wish (for); demand, enjoin, exact, insist (on), petition (for), press (for), require, requisition; invite, invoke