| Main Entry: | wishful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desirous |
Synonyms: |
acquisitive, ambitious, aspiring, craving, daydreaming, desiring, greedy, hankering, hopeful, itchy, keen, longful, longing, lustful, wishing, yearning |
| Main Entry: | aspiring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeful |
Synonyms: |
ambitious, aspirant, eager, eager beaver, endeavoring, enthusiastic, impassioned, longing, on the make, striving, wishful, would-be, zealous |
| Main Entry: | desirous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aspiring, hopeful |
Synonyms: |
acquisitive, ambitious, amorous, anxious, avid, covetous, craving, desiring, eager, enthusiastic, grasping, greedy, hot*, itchy, keen, longing, lustful, passionate, prehensile, ready, stimulated, turned on, willing, wishful, wishing, yearning |
Antonyms: |
reluctant, unambitious, unenthusiastic, unhopeful |
| Main Entry: | eager |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, enthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
acquisitive, agog, ambitious, antsy, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, champing at the bit, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, dying to, earnest, fervent, fervid, greedy, gung ho, hankering, heated, hot to trot, hot*, hungry*, impatient, intent, keen, longing, pining, rarin' to go, ready and willing, restive, restless, self-starting, solicitous, thirsty, vehement, voracious, warmblooded, wild, wishful, yearning, zealous |
Antonyms: |
apathetic, disinterested, dispassionate, unconcerned, uneager, unenthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | envious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | jealous, resentful |
Synonyms: |
appetent, aspiring, begrudging, coveting, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, distrustful, fain, grasping, greedy, green with envy, green-eyed, grudging, hankering, invidious, jaundiced, longing for, malicious, spiteful, suspicious, umbrageous, watchful, wishful, yearning |
Antonyms: |
comfortable, confident, content, kind, pleased, unenvious |
| Main Entry: | flimsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unconvincing, implausible |
Synonyms: |
assailable, baseless, contemptible, controvertible, fallacious, false, feeble, frivolous, groundless, illogical, improbable, inadequate, inane, inconceivable, incredible, inept, lame, poor, puerile, superficial, thin, transparent, trifling, trivial, unbelievable, ungrounded, unpersuasive, unreasonable, unsatisfactory, unsubstantial, weak, weakly, wishful |
Antonyms: |
convincing, plausible, reasonable, serious, strong |
| Main Entry: | longing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desirous |
Synonyms: |
anxious, ardent, avid, craving, eager, hungry, languishing, pining, ravenous, wishful, wistful, yearning |
Antonyms: |
despising, hating, loathing |
| Main Entry: | wistful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | daydreaming, longing |
Synonyms: |
contemplative, desirous, disconsolate, dreaming, dreamy, forlorn, hopeless, meditative, melancholy, mournful, musing, nostalgic, pensive, plaintive, reflective, sad, thoughtful, wishful, yearning |
Antonyms: |
uncaring |
| Main Entry: | would-be |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aspiring |
Synonyms: |
ambitious, budding, eager, enterprising, hopeful, keen, potential, promising, prospective, striving, wannabe, wishful |
| Main Entry: | thirsting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eager |
Synonyms: |
acquisitive, agog, ambitious, antsy, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, bursting, champing at the bit, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, dying to, earnest, fervent, fervid, greedy, gung ho, hankering*, heated, hot to trot, hot*, hungry*, impatient, intent, keen, longing, pining, rarin' to go, ready and willing, restive, restless, self-starting, solicitous, thirsty, vehement, voracious, warmblooded, wild, wishful, yearning, zealous |