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| Main Entry: | crave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire intensely |
| Synonyms: | ache for, covet, cry out for, die for, dream, eat one's heart out, fancy, give eyeteeth for, hunger for, itch for, long for, lust after, need, pine for, require, sigh for, spoil for, suspire, thirst for, want, yearn for, yen for |
| Antonyms: | abjure, dislike, hate, not want, spurn |
| Main Entry: | crave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beg |
| Synonyms: | ask, beseech, call for, demand, entreat, implore, necessitate, petition, require, seek, solicit, supplicate, take, plead for, pray for |
| Antonyms: | not want |
| Main Entry: | aspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aim, hope |
| Synonyms: | crave, desire, dream, hanker, long, pursue, seek, strive, struggle, try, want, wish, yearn, be ambitious, be eager |
| Main Entry: | beseech |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beg |
| Synonyms: | adjure, appeal, ask, crave, entreat, implore, importune, invoke, petition, plead, pray, solicit, sue, supplicate, call upon |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
| Main Entry: | choose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pick, select |
| Synonyms: | accept, adopt, appoint, call for, cast, co-opt, commit oneself, crave, cull, decide on, designate, desire, determine, discriminate between, draw lots, elect, embrace, espouse, excerpt, extract, fancy, favor, feel disposed to, finger, fix on, glean, judge, love, make choice, make decision, make up one's mind, name, opt for, predestine, prefer, see fit, separate, set aside, settle upon, sift out, single out, slot, sort, tab, tag, take, take up, tap, want, weigh, will, winnow, wish, wish for |
| Notes: | choose means to pick out or select from a number of alternatives, while chose is the past tense of choose |
| Main Entry: | covet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire strongly |
| Synonyms: | begrudge, choose, crave, envy, fancy, want, wish for, aspire to, desiderate, hanker for, have eye on, have hots for, itch for, long for, lust after, spoil for, thirst for, yearn for, yen for |
| Antonyms: | abjure, give, be generous, not want |
| Main Entry: | dream |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conjure up scenario |
| Synonyms: | brainstorm, conceive, concoct, cook up*, crave, create, daydream, devise, envisage, fancy, fantasize, formulate, hallucinate, hanker*, hatch*, hunger, idealize, imagine, invent, long, lust, make up, picture, pine, sigh, sublimate, think, thirst, visualize, be delirious, be moonstruck, be up in clouds, build castles in air, have a flash, have a nightmare, have a notion, have a vision, search for pot of gold, stargaze, think up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entreat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plead with |
| Synonyms: | ask, beg, beseech, blandish, coax, conjure, crave, enjoin, exhort, implore, importune, invoke, pester, petition, plague, pray, press, request, supplicate, urge, wheedle, appeal to |
| Antonyms: | answer, command, demand |
| Main Entry: | envy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be jealous of another |
| Synonyms: | be envious, begrudge, covet, crave, desire, die over, eat one's heart out, grudge, hanker, have hard feelings, hunger, long, lust, object to, resent, thirst, turn green, want, yearn |
| Antonyms: | be confident, be content |
| Main Entry: | hanker after/hanker for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire strongly |
| Synonyms: | ache, covet, crave, hunger, itch, long, lust, pine, sigh, thirst, want, wish, yearn, yen, partial to |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate |
| Main Entry: | implore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beg |
| Synonyms: | appeal, beseech, conjure, crave, entreat, importune, plead, pray, solicit, supplicate, urge, go on bended knee |
| Antonyms: | answer |
| Main Entry: | importune |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand, insist |
| Synonyms: | appeal, ask, badger, beg, beseech, beset, besiege, con*, crave, egg on*, entreat, harass, hound*, implore, invoke, nag, persuade, pester, plague, plead, pray, press, sell, solicit, supplicate, urge, dun, goose*, work on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire strongly |
| Synonyms: | ache, covet, crave, hanker, itch, long, need, pine, thirst, want, wish, yearn, yen, be consumed with desire, be hot for, hunger for |
| Antonyms: | dislike, be chaste, be pure |
| Main Entry: | necessitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call for, make necessary |
| Synonyms: | ask, behoove, cause, coerce, command, compel, constrain, crave, demand, drive, entail, force, impel, make, oblige, postulate, require, take |
| Main Entry: | need |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | want something |
| Synonyms: | call for, claim, covet, crave, demand, desire, do without, exact, hanker, hunger, lack, long, lust, miss, necessitate, pine, require, thirst, wish, yearn, be deficient, be deprived, be down and out, be hard up, be in need of, be in want, be inadequate, be needy, be poor, be short, be without, die for, drive for, feel a dearth of, feel the necessity for, feel the pinch, go hungry, have occasion for, have occasion to, have use for, hurt for, suffer privation, yen for |
| Antonyms: | have, do not want |
| Main Entry: | pine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | long for |
| Synonyms: | ache, agonize, brood, covet, crave, desire, dream, fret, grieve, hanker, mope*, mourn, sigh, want, wish, yearn, carry a torch, languish for, lust after, spoil for, thirst for, yen for |
| Antonyms: | despise, dislike, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plead; call upon for help, answer |
| Synonyms: | adjure, appeal, ask, beseech, brace, crave, entreat, implore, importune, invoke, petition, recite, request, say, solicit, sue, supplicate, urge, commune with, cry for, invocate |
| Main Entry: | solicit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plead for; try to sell |
| Synonyms: | accost, apply, approach, ask, beg, beseech, bespeak, bum, cadge, call, canvass, challenge, claim, crave, demand, desire, drum*, drum up*, entreat, exact, go, hawk, hustle, implore, importune, inquire, mooch, panhandle, peddle, petition, postulate, pray, promote, proposition, query, question, refer, request, require, requisition, resort, seduce, seek, sponge, steer, supplicate, touch, tout, turn, come on to, hit on*, hit up, pass the hat, sue for, whistle for |
| Antonyms: | disapprove, refuse, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire |
| Synonyms: | aspire, beg, choose, command, covet, crave, desiderate, elect, entreat, envy, expect, fancy, hanker*, hope, hunger, invoke, itch, like, long, look forward to, need, order, please, pray for, prefer, request, set one's heart on, sigh for, solicit, spoil for, thirst, want, will, yearn, yen |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | yearn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire strongly |
| Synonyms: | ache, be desirous of, be eager for, be passionate, chafe, covet, crave, dream, hanker, have a crush on, have a yen for, hunger, itch, languish, long, lust, pine, set one's heart on, thirst, want, wish for |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate |
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