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wish
noun as in desire
Strongest matches
ambition, aspiration, choice, hope, inclination, intention, longing, prayer, preference, request, will, yearning
Example Sentences
One senior executive at a Premier League club, who wished to remain anonymous, said: "It's hard to say anything because we have no idea of the details of the settlement or any implications from it."
"In memory of our daughter I will not stop because I do not wish this upon upon another family," Ms McCready said.
He told ProPublica that he decided to speak because he wishes that “those who govern” would have more frank and honest conversations with the public.
And while on holiday in Australia after Mr Jo's death, Ms Lee allegedly told a friend that she wished the plane had crashed so she and her children could have died together.
"Be careful what you wish for," said one woman we spoke to in Wigan - a warning to the people protesting 200 miles away in Epping, Essex, for the closure of the Bell Hotel.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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