📖 Definitions of "Wishful"
adjective
- 1
Wished-for; desired, wanted.
- 2
Expressing a wish or longing for something.
- 3
Aspiring, or seeking advancement.
🔄 Synonyms of "Wishful"
4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Wishful"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| hopeful | feeling hope |
| aspiring | Hoping to become. |
| aspirant | Seeking advancement. |
| would-be | Attempting or desiring something. |
| wishverb | A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen. |
| desirable | Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable. |
| advisable | (of a course of action) Worthy of being recommended; desirable. |
| wantedverb | Wished for; desired; sought. |
| desyrousnoun | Obsolete form of desirous. [Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.] |
| suspiredverb | (obsolete) Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted. |
| adreamed | (obsolete) Dreaming. |
| wantsome | (obsolete or poetic) Characterised or marked by lack; poor; needy. |
| adreamt | (obsolete) Alternative form of adreamed. [(obsolete) Dreaming.] |
| apprecatory | (obsolete) Praying or wishing well. |
| wonderedverb | (obsolete) Wonderful, extraordinary. |
| euctical | Expecting a wish; supplicatory. |
| needful | Needed; necessary; mandatory; requisite; indispensable. |
| willsome | Alternative form of wilsome. [(UK dialectal) Willful; obstinate; stubborn.] |
| wilsome | (UK dialectal) Willful; obstinate; stubborn. |
| wailefull | Obsolete spelling of wailful. [(chiefly poetic) Sorrowful; mournful.] |
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