I wish I could go to Japan.
Source: tatoeba (1393)
Wish
//wɪʃ//
Synonyms for "wish" (113 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (56)
Related word relations
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More general
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
34 entriesShowing 16 of 34 words.
has context
1 entrieshas first_subevent
1 entriesis a
4 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
303 translations across 96 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- urim noun (desire)
- uroj verb (to hope for an outcome)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- εὐχή noun (desire)
- ἐπιθυμία noun (desire)
- βούλομαι verb (to hope for an outcome)
- θέλω verb (to hope for an outcome)
Arabic
4 entries- أُمْنِيَّة noun (desire)
- امنية noun (desire)
- رَغْبَة noun (desire)
- مُنْيَة noun (desire)
Armenian
3 entries- իղձ noun (desire)
- ցանկություն noun (desire)
- ցանկանալ verb (to hope for an outcome)
Assamese
3 entries- ইচ্ছা noun (desire)
- বাঞ্ছা noun (desire)
- হেঁপাহ noun (desire)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- arzu noun (desire)
- dilək noun (desire)
- istək noun (desire)
- arzu etmək verb (to hope for an outcome)
Baluchi
2 entries- ارمان noun (desire)
- واہگ noun (desire)
Basque
1 entries- nahi izan verb (to hope for an outcome)
Belarusian
3 entries- жада́нне noun (desire)
- жада́ць verb (to hope for an outcome)
- пажада́ць verb (to hope for an outcome)
Bengali
4 entries- আরজু noun (desire)
- আরজু noun (desire)
- আরমান noun (desire)
- ইচ্ছা noun (desire)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- चाह noun (desire)
Bulgarian
3 entries- жела́ние noun (desire)
- жела́я verb (to hope for an outcome)
- жела́я verb (to bestow a thought)
Catalan
3 entries- desig noun (desire)
- desitjar verb (to hope for an outcome)
- desitjar verb (to bestow a thought)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- ئارەزوو noun (desire)
- خواز verb (to hope for an outcome)
Chickasaw
4 entries- anhi verb (to hope for an outcome)
- anhi verb (to bestow a thought)
- imanhi verb (to bestow a thought)
- imhani verb (to hope for an outcome)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 願望 /愿望 noun (desire)
- 但願 /但愿 verb (to hope for an outcome)
- 希望 verb (to hope for an outcome)
- 祝 verb (to bestow a thought)
Czech
3 entries- přání noun (desire)
- přát verb (to hope for an outcome)
- přát si verb (to hope for an outcome)
Danish
2 entries- ønske noun (desire)
- ønske verb (to hope for an outcome)
Dutch
4 entries- wens noun (desire)
- wensen verb (to hope for an outcome)
- wensen verb (to bestow a thought)
- willen verb (to hope for an outcome)
Esperanto
4 entries- deziro noun (desire)
- volo noun (desire)
- deziri verb (to hope for an outcome)
- deziri verb (to bestow a thought)
Estonian
2 entries- soov noun (desire)
- soovima verb (to hope for an outcome)
Faroese
1 entries- ynskja verb (to bestow a thought)
Finnish
3 entries- toive noun (desire)
- toivoa verb (to hope for an outcome)
- toivottaa verb (to bestow a thought)
French
4 entries- souhait noun (desire)
- espérer verb (to hope for an outcome)
- souhaiter verb (to hope for an outcome)
- souhaiter verb (to bestow a thought)
Friulian
1 entries- volê verb (to hope for an outcome)
Galician
4 entries- desexo noun (desire)
- agardar verb (to hope for an outcome)
- desexar verb (to hope for an outcome)
- desexar a verb (to bestow a thought)
Georgian
4 entries- სურვილი noun (desire)
- ნატვრა verb (to hope for an outcome)
- ნდომა verb (to hope for an outcome)
- წადილი verb (to hope for an outcome)
German
4 entries- Wunsch noun (desire)
- wünschen verb (to hope for an outcome)
- wünschen verb (to hope for an outcome)
- wünschen verb (to bestow a thought)
Greek
3 entries- επιθυμία noun (desire)
- ευχή noun (desire)
- εύχομαι verb (to hope for an outcome)
Hawaiian
1 entries- makemake verb (to hope for an outcome)
Hebrew
2 entries- משאלה noun (desire)
- בִּקֵּשׁ verb (to hope for an outcome)
Hindi
4 entries- अभिलाषा noun (desire)
- आकांक्षा noun (desire)
- आरज़ू noun (desire)
- आरजू noun (desire)
Hungarian
3 entries- kívánság noun (desire)
- kíván verb (to hope for an outcome)
- kíván verb (to bestow a thought)
Icelandic
2 entries- ósk noun (desire)
- óska verb (to hope for an outcome)
Indonesian
2 entries- harapan verb (to hope for an outcome)
- keinginan verb (to hope for an outcome)
Ingrian
4 entries- halu noun (desire)
- himo noun (desire)
- iso noun (desire)
- ohvotta noun (desire)
Irish
1 entries- santaigh verb (to hope for an outcome)
Italian
4 entries- desiderio noun (desire)
- voglia noun (desire)
- augurare verb (to bestow a thought)
- desiderare verb (to hope for an outcome)
Japanese
4 entries- 希望 noun (desire)
- 願い noun (desire)
- 願望 noun (desire)
- 希望する verb (to hope for an outcome)
Javanese
1 entries- karep noun (desire)
Kazakh
3 entries- тілек noun (desire)
- тілеу verb (to hope for an outcome)
- қалау verb (to hope for an outcome)
Khmer
4 entries- ចំណង noun (desire)
- បំណង noun (desire)
- បួង verb (to hope for an outcome)
- ផ្សង verb (to hope for an outcome)
Korean
4 entries- 소원 noun (desire)
- 희망 noun (desire)
- 바라다 verb (to hope for an outcome)
- 빌다 verb (to hope for an outcome)
Krymchak
1 entries- акибат noun (desire)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- тилек noun (desire)
- каалоо verb (to hope for an outcome)
- тилөө verb (to hope for an outcome)
Latgalian
2 entries- gribiejums noun (desire)
- gryba noun (desire)
Latin
4 entries- cupiditas noun (desire)
- desiderium noun (desire)
- studium noun (desire)
- cupio verb (to hope for an outcome)
Latvian
3 entries- vēlme noun (desire)
- vēlēšanās noun (desire)
- vēlēties verb (to hope for an outcome)
Lithuanian
2 entries- noras noun (desire)
- norėti verb (to hope for an outcome)
Macedonian
4 entries- желба noun (desire)
- пожели verb (to hope for an outcome)
- пожелува verb (to hope for an outcome)
- посака verb (to hope for an outcome)
Maltese
1 entries- tixtieq verb (to hope for an outcome)
Maranao
1 entries- ilmi noun (desire)
Marathi
2 entries- इच्छा noun (desire)
- वासना noun (desire)
Mongolian
2 entries- хүсэл noun (desire)
- хүсэх verb (to hope for an outcome)
Māori
1 entries- hiahia-tia verb (to hope for an outcome)
Northern Sami
1 entries- sávvat verb (to hope for an outcome)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ønske noun (desire)
- ønske verb (to hope for an outcome)
Occitan
1 entries- desirar verb (to hope for an outcome)
Old English
2 entries- wūsc noun (desire)
- willan verb (to hope for an outcome)
Old French
1 entries- vuel noun (desire)
Old Irish
1 entries- do·futhracair noun (desire)
Old Japanese
2 entries- 望む verb (to hope for an outcome)
- 願ふ verb (to hope for an outcome)
Old Javanese
1 entries- harĕp noun (desire)
Persian
4 entries- آرزو noun (desire)
- آرزو داشتن verb (to hope for an outcome)
- آرزو داشتن verb (to bestow a thought)
- آرزو کردن verb (to hope for an outcome)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Wensch noun (desire)
Polish
4 entries- życzenie noun (desire)
- pożyczyć verb (to hope for an outcome)
- zażyczyć verb (to bestow a thought)
- życzyć verb (to hope for an outcome)
Portuguese
4 entries- desejo noun (desire)
- pedido noun (desire)
- desejar verb (to hope for an outcome)
- desejar a verb (to bestow a thought)
Romanian
3 entries- dorință noun (desire)
- dori verb (to hope for an outcome)
- ura verb (to bestow a thought)
Russian
3 entries- жела́ние noun (desire)
- жела́ть verb (to hope for an outcome)
- пожела́ть verb (to hope for an outcome)
Sanskrit
4 entries- इच्छा noun (desire)
- काङ्क्षा noun (desire)
- स्पृहा noun (desire)
- प्रकाङ्क्षति verb (to hope for an outcome)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- iarr noun (desire)
- guidh verb (to bestow a thought)
- iarr verb (to hope for an outcome)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- žȅlja noun (desire)
- же̏ља noun (desire)
- žèleti verb (to hope for an outcome)
- žèljeti verb (to hope for an outcome)
Sicilian
1 entries- disiu noun (desire)
Sidamo
1 entries- hexxo noun (desire)
Slovak
4 entries- prianie noun (desire)
- želanie noun (desire)
- priať verb (to hope for an outcome)
- priať si verb (to hope for an outcome)
Slovene
2 entries- želja noun (desire)
- želeti verb (to hope for an outcome)
Spanish
4 entries- deseo noun (desire)
- gana noun (desire)
- desear verb (to hope for an outcome)
- desear verb (to bestow a thought)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- winsi noun (desire)
Swedish
3 entries- önskan noun (desire)
- tillönska verb (to bestow a thought)
- önska verb (to hope for an outcome)
Tajik
4 entries- майл noun (desire)
- орзу noun (desire)
- рағбат noun (desire)
- хоҳиш noun (desire)
Tamil
4 entries- ஆசை noun (desire)
- விருப்பம் noun (desire)
- வாழ்த்து verb (to bestow a thought)
- விரும்பு verb (to hope for an outcome)
Telugu
4 entries- అభిలాష noun (desire)
- కోరిక noun (desire)
- అభిలషించు verb (to hope for an outcome)
- కోరు verb (to hope for an outcome)
Thai
1 entries- ประสงค์ verb (to hope for an outcome)
Turkish
4 entries- arzu noun (desire)
- dilek noun (desire)
- istek noun (desire)
- dilemek verb (to hope for an outcome)
Turkmen
1 entries- arzuw noun (desire)
Tày
2 entries- ái verb (to hope for an outcome)
- ái verb (to bestow a thought)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бажа́ння noun (desire)
- бажа́ти verb (to hope for an outcome)
- бажа́ти verb (to bestow a thought)
- зи́чити verb (to bestow a thought)
Urdu
1 entries- چاہنا verb (to hope for an outcome)
Uzbek
4 entries- istak noun (desire)
- orzu noun (desire)
- tilak noun (desire)
- istamoq verb (to hope for an outcome)
Vietnamese
4 entries- mong muốn noun (desire)
- chúc verb (to hope for an outcome)
- chúc verb (to bestow a thought)
- cầu mong verb (to hope for an outcome)
Volapük
1 entries- vip noun (desire)
Welsh
1 entries- dymuno verb (to hope for an outcome)
West-Frisian
2 entries- winsk noun (desire)
- winskje verb (to hope for an outcome)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- intak-kongi verb (to hope for an outcome)
Yiddish
1 entries- ווינטשן verb (to hope for an outcome)
Zazaki
4 entries- boka noun (desire)
- maram noun (desire)
- merem noun (desire)
- waştış noun (desire)
Sample sentences
39 total sentences available.
I wish I could care more about my grades but it seems that, at a certain point of my life, I decided they wouldn't be so important anymore.
Source: tatoeba (1502)
What famous songs do you wish you had composed, and why?
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I wish she would stop playing that stupid music.
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