Thesaurus / wishes
FEEDBACKsynonyms for wishes
synonyms for wishes
- attitude
- character
- decision
- desire
- determination
- discipline
- feeling
- inclination
- intention
- mind
- passion
- power
- resolution
- resolve
- wish
- aim
- appetite
- conviction
- craving
- decisiveness
- decree
- design
- discretion
- disposition
- fancy
- hankering
- liking
- longing
- option
- pining
- pleasure
- preference
- prerogative
- purpose
- self-control
- self-discipline
- self-restraint
- temperament
- urge
- velleity
- volition
- willfulness
- willpower
- yearning
- heart's desire
antonyms for wishes
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How to use wishes in a sentence
One frequently wishes to ascertain the specific gravity of quantities of fluid too small to float an urinometer.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDHe is simply hearing every tone, knowing exactly what effect he wishes to produce and how to do it.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYHe is what the bill wishes to make for us, a regular root doctor, and will suit the place exactly.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSThe Duke found no difficulty in awakening the wishes, which were necessary to his scheme, in the mind of young Lorraine.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERThat his friend had withdrawn, was a pledge of his pacific wishes; and, with a lightened countenance, Louis rose from his knee.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERHe wishes to cultivate it still, and offers to renew the lease for any number of years, and pay the rent punctually.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYYet he neither wishes the auditors to counsel or advise or influence him, nor that a word be said about his actions.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUSFor the physician who wishes to use only one blood-stain, Wright's fluid is undoubtedly the best of those mentioned.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDThe reader wishes to infallibly remember that the date of the beheading of Charles I. was 1649.
ASSIMILATIVE MEMORYMARCUS DWIGHT LARROWE (AKA PROF. A. LOISETTE)We yielded to their wishes and restored the little creatures to the air and waves, their native elements.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERWORDS RELATED TO WISHES
- aim
- appetite
- attitude
- character
- conviction
- craving
- decision
- decisiveness
- decree
- design
- desire
- determination
- discipline
- discretion
- disposition
- fancy
- feeling
- hankering
- heart's desire
- inclination
- intention
- liking
- longing
- mind
- option
- passion
- pining
- pleasure
- power
- preference
- prerogative
- purpose
- resolution
- resolve
- self-control
- self-discipline
- self-restraint
- temperament
- urge
- velleity
- volition
- willfulness
- willpower
- wish
- wishes
- yearning
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.