have eyes for

VERB

desire

Synonyms

STRONGEST

covet crave long for want

STRONG

desiderate fancy hunger for like lust after pine thirst yearn for

WEAK

aspire to be smitten be turned on by die over fall for give eyeteeth for go for hanker after have the hots for make advances to set heart on take a liking to take a shine to take to wish for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

loathe

STRONG

abjure despise reject

WEAK

dislike shun

VERB

want

Synonyms

STRONGEST

choose crave need prefer require wish

STRONG

ache aspire covet fancy hanker hunger long lust pine thirst yearn

WEAK

be greedy could do with desiderate feel a need have a passion for have a yen for have ambition have an urge for incline toward itch for spoil for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dislike hate have not want spurn

STRONG

despise

Example Sentences

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Poor Susanna: We only have eyes for her outfit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Respect for its established players who have already won every tournament there is and have eyes for more.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

Not Anthony Gordon or Tino Livramento, who qualify for Scotland but have eyes for England.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2023

In their more audacious dreams of cosmic exploration, scientists have eyes for only one rocket: Starship.

From Scientific American • Apr. 12, 2022

But I have eyes for one man only, my Palomino.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

have eyes for

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