Wishing Synonyms and Antonyms

To bid
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. telling
  2. instructing
  3. ordering
Prefer or wish to do something
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wanting
  2. liking
  3. envying
  4. willing
  5. pleasing
  6. desiring
  7. choosing
  8. caring
  9. craving
Antonyms:
  1. hating
  2. disliking
To long for; want.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. desiring
A specific feeling of desire
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. wish
  2. want
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. thirsting
  2. hungering

Wishing Sentence Examples

  • She waited, wishing she'd never come.

  • She dressed hurriedly in the clothes Sarah had loaned her and ran fingers through her hair, wishing she had a comb.

  • Maybe it was more a case of wishing it were so.

  • She looked away; wishing Connie hadn't brought it to her attention.

  • Yet, when the smell of bacon lured him to the kitchen, she found herself wishing he would address the subject.

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