Origin of wish
synonym study for wish
1.
Wish,
desire,
want indicate a longing for something. To
wish is to feel an impulse toward attainment or possession of something; the strength of the feeling may be of greater or lesser intensity:
I wish I could go home.
Desire, a more formal word, suggests a strong wish:
They desire a new regime.
Want, usually colloquial in use, suggests a feeling of lack or need that imperatively demands fulfillment:
People all over the world want peace.
OTHER WORDS FROM wish
wish·er, noun wish·less, adjective in·ter·wish, verb (used with object), noun out·wish, verb (used with object)Words nearby wish
wiseass,
wisecrack,
wiseman,
wisenheimer,
wisent,
wish,
wish fulfillment,
wish fulfilment,
wish list,
wish on,
wish-wash
Example sentences from the Web for wish
British Dictionary definitions for wish
wish
/ (wɪʃ) /
verb
noun
See also
wish on
Derived forms of wish
wisher, noun wishless, adjectiveWord Origin for wish
Old English
wӯscan; related to Old Norse
öskja, German
wünschen, Dutch
wenschen
Idioms and Phrases with wish
wish