desire dɪˈzʌɪə/ noun: desire; plural noun: desires 1.a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen. "he resisted public desires for choice in education" synonyms: wish, want; More fancy, inclination, aspiration, impulse, preference; yearning, longing, craving, hankering, pining, ache, hunger, thirst, itch, burning, need; eagerness, enthusiasm, determination; predilection, proclivity, predisposition; informalyen "I had a desire to see the world" strong sexual feeling or appetite. "they were clinging together in fierce desire" synonyms: lust, lustfulness, sexual appetite, sexual attraction, passion, carnal passion, libido, sensuality, sexuality; More lasciviousness, lechery, lecherousness, salaciousness, libidinousness, lewdness, licentiousness, prurience, wantonness, carnality; informalthe hots, raunchiness, horniness; informalrandiness; rareconcupiscence "he gazed at her, his eyes glittering with desire" something desired. verb verb: desire; 3rd person present: desires; past tense: desired; past participle: desired; gerund or present participle: desiring 1.strongly wish for or want (something). "he never achieved the status he so desired" synonyms: wish for, want, long for, yearn for, crave, set one's heart on, hanker after/for, pine for/after, thirst for, itch for, be desperate for, be bent on, have a need for, aspire to