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desire
Overview of noun desire
The noun desire has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (34) desire -- (the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state)
2. (9) desire -- (an inclination to want things; "a man of many desires")
3. (2) desire -- (something that is desired)
Overview of verb desire
The verb desire has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (25) desire, want -- (feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room")
2. (2) hope, trust, desire -- (expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise")
3. (2) desire -- (express a desire for)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun desire
3 senses of desire
Sense 1
desire
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
desire
=> tendency, inclination
=> disposition
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
desire
=> arousal
=> physiological state, physiological condition
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun desire
3 senses of desire
Sense 1
desire
=> ambition, aspiration, dream
=> bloodlust
=> temptation
=> craving
=> wish, wishing, want
=> longing, yearning, hungriness
=> sexual desire, eros, concupiscence, physical attraction
=> urge, itch
=> caprice, impulse, whim
Sense 2
desire
=> hunger, hungriness, thirst, thirstiness
=> greed
Sense 3
desire
=> rage, passion
=> materialism, philistinism
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun desire
3 senses of desire
Sense 1
desire
=> feeling
Sense 2
desire
=> tendency, inclination
Sense 3
desire
=> arousal
Antonyms of noun desire
Member Holonyms of noun desire
Substance Holonyms of noun desire
Part Holonyms of noun desire
Member Meronyms of noun desire
Substance Meronyms of noun desire
Part Meronyms of noun desire
Meronyms of noun desire
Holonyms of noun desire
Attributes of noun desire
Derived Forms of noun desire
3 senses of desire
Sense 1
desire
RELATED TO>(verb) desire#1
=> desire, want
Sense 2
desire
RELATED TO>(verb) desire#3
=> desire
RELATED TO>(verb) desire#2
=> hope, trust, desire
RELATED TO>(verb) desire#1
=> desire, want
Sense 3
desire
RELATED TO>(adj) desirous#1
=> desirous, wishful
RELATED TO>(verb) desire#3
=> desire
RELATED TO>(verb) desire#2
=> hope, trust, desire
RELATED TO>(verb) desire#1
=> desire, want
Domain of noun desire
Domain Terms of noun desire
Familiarity of noun desire
desire used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun desire
3 senses of desire
Sense 1
desire
> feeling
=> affect
=> emotion
=> thing
=> glow
=> faintness
=> soul, soulfulness
=> passion, passionateness
=> sentiment
=> complex
=> ambivalence, ambivalency
=> apathy
=> desire
=> sex, sexual urge
=> pleasure, pleasance
=> pain, painfulness
=> pang, stab, twinge
=> liking
=> dislike
=> gratitude
=> ingratitude, ungratefulness
=> unconcern
=> shame
=> pride, pridefulness
=> humility, humbleness
=> astonishment, amazement
=> devastation
=> expectation
=> levity
=> gravity, solemnity
=> sensitivity, sensitiveness
=> agitation
=> calmness
=> fearlessness, bravery
=> happiness
=> sadness, unhappiness
=> hope
=> despair
=> affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia
=> temper, mood, humor, humour
=> sympathy, fellow feeling
=> enthusiasm
Sense 2
desire
> tendency, inclination
=> buoyancy
=> electronegativity, negativity
=> stainability
=> desire
Sense 3
desire
> arousal
=> alertness, alerting
=> emotional arousal
=> excitation, innervation, irritation
=> sexual arousal
=> desire
Meronyms of noun desire
3 senses of desire
Holonyms of noun desire
Grep of noun desire
desire
desire to know
sexual desire
Antonyms of verb desire
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb desire
3 senses of desire
Sense 1
desire, want
Sense 2
hope, trust, desire
=> wish
=> desire, want
Sense 3
desire
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb desire
1 of 3 senses of desire
Sense 1
desire, want
=> crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust
=> fancy, go for, take to
=> miss
=> hope
=> wish
=> wish, wish well
=> wish, care, like
=> itch, spoil
=> like
=> ambition
=> feel like
=> envy, begrudge
=> lust after, lech after
=> hanker, long, yearn
=> seek
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb desire
3 senses of desire
Sense 1
desire, want
Sense 2
hope, trust, desire
=> wish
Sense 3
desire
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
'Cause To' of verb desire
Derived Forms of verb desire
3 senses of desire
Sense 1
desire, want
RELATED TO>(noun) desire#1
=> desire
RELATED TO>(noun) desire#3
=> desire
RELATED TO>(noun) desire#2
=> desire
Sense 2
hope, trust, desire
RELATED TO>(noun) desire#2
=> desire
RELATED TO>(noun) desire#3
=> desire
Sense 3
desire
RELATED TO>(noun) desire#3
=> desire
RELATED TO>(noun) desire#2
=> desire
Domain of verb desire
Domain Terms of verb desire
Familiarity of verb desire
desire used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb desire
3 senses of desire
Sense 1
desire, want
EX: They desire to move
Sense 2
hope, trust, desire
EX: They desire to move
Sense 3
desire
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb desire
2 of 3 senses of desire
Sense 2
hope, trust, desire
> wish
=> hope, trust, desire
Sense 3
desire
> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> order
=> ask
=> encore
=> petition
=> demand
=> appeal, invoke
=> supplicate
=> apply
=> solicit, beg, tap
=> reserve
=> challenge
=> excuse, beg off
=> demand
=> claim
=> invite, call for
=> invite, ask in
=> desire
=> beg
=> claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> invite, ask over, ask round
=> call
=> ask out, invite out, take out
=> reserve, hold, book
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb desire
Sense 1
desire, want
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Sense 2
hope, trust, desire
=> wish
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Sense 3
desire
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
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Grep of verb desire
desire
Grep of adj desire
desired
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