Synonyms of the word

wishing

• v. present participle of wish.
• n. The act of making a wish.

desire

• v. To want; to wish for earnestly.
• v. To put a request to (someone); to entreat.
• v. To want emotionally or sexually.
• v. To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
• v. To require; to demand; to claim.
• v. To miss; to regret.
• n. (countable) Someone or something wished for.
• n. (uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.
• n. (uncountable) Motivation.
• n. (uncountable) The feeling of desire.

want

• v. (transitive) To wish for or to desire (something).
• v. (intransitive, now dated) To be lacking, not to exist.
• v. (transitive) To lack, not to have (something).
• v. (transitive, colloquially with verbal noun as object) To be in need of; to require (something).
• v. (intransitive, dated) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
• n. (countable) A desire, wish, longing.
• n. (countable, often followed by of) Lack, absence.
• n. (uncountable) Poverty.
• n. Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
• n. (Britain, mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.

wish

• n. a desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
• n. an expression of such a desire etc.
• n. the process of expressing or thinking about such a desire etc. (often connected with ideas of magic and…
• n. the thing desired or longed for.
• n. (Sussex) a water meadow.
• v. (transitive) To desire; to want.
• v. (intransitive, followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome).
• v. (ditransitive) To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).
• v. (intransitive, followed by to and an infinitive) To request or desire to do an activity.
• v. (transitive) To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.