WordNet Search

Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"

S: (v) covet (wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)) "She covets her sister's house"

S: (v) salivate, drool (be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something) "She was salivating over the raise she anticipated"

S: (v) desire, want (feel or have a desire for; want strongly) "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"

S: (v) crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust (have a craving, appetite, or great desire for)
S: (v) fancy, go for, take to (have a fancy or particular liking or desire for) "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"
S: (v) miss (feel or suffer from the lack of) "He misses his mother"
S: (v) hope (be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes) "I am still hoping that all will turn out well"
S: (v) wish (hope for; have a wish) "I wish I could go home now"
S: (v) wish, wish well (feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of)
S: (v) wish, care, like (prefer or wish to do something) "Do you care to try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?"
S: (v) itch, spoil (have a strong desire or urge to do something) "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"
S: (v) like (want to have) "I'd like a beer now!"
S: (v) ambition (have as one's ambition)
S: (v) feel like (have an inclination for something or some activity) "I feel like staying in bed all day"; "I feel like a cold beer now"
S: (v) envy, begrudge (be envious of; set one's heart on)
S: (v) lust after, lech after (have a strong sexual desire for) "he is lusting after his secretary"
S: (v) hanker, long, yearn (desire strongly or persistently)
S: (v) seek (try to get or reach) "seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness"

W: (n) envy [Related to: envy] (a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another)

W: (n) envy [Related to: envy] (spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins))