Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "desire" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Causes

sin

Causes Desire

buy invest money or energy perform

Derived Terms

alphabet of desire baptism of desire counterdesire desirably desire line desire path desired effect desireful desireless desirement desiring-production desirive heart's desire leave a lot to be desired leave much to be desired leave something to be desired mimetic desire misdesire nondesire to a desire undesire

Distinct From

hatred

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

arousal ask for await bespeak call for expect experience feel feeling inclination look quest request tendency wait

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

pine

Type Of (IsA)

arousal emotion feeling tendency

Manner Of

request

Related Terms

desideratum desirability desirable desirable desirableness desiring-production desirous intention sidereal undesirability undesirableness velleity

Related Terms

abstract abstract concept after attraction avarice badly concept deep deep wanting desideratum desirability desirable desirableness desiring production desirous emotion entreat extreme extreme want feeling longing longing wanting love lust lust after lust for lusty lusty want miss motivation need passion passionate passionate yearning regret request romantic romantic attraction romantic need secret secret wish sexual sexual attraction sexy sexy so something you strong strong want strong yen two undesirability undesirableness velleity want want badly want something wanting wanting badly wanting something wish wish for wishing yearn yearning yen you two you want

Synonym Network

hope wanna

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.