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Wish

To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.

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Broader term 13

Asking 76% connected

of Ask

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Desire 76% connected

To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

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Express 76% connected

Exactly representing; exact.

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Greet 76% connected

Great.

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Greeting 76% connected

of Greet

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Preference 76% connected

The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice;…

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Recognize 76% connected

To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.

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Request 76% connected

The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

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Salutation 76% connected

The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; als…

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Want 76% connected

The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

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Manner of action 3

Congratulate 76% connected

To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.

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Felicitate 76% connected

Made very happy.

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Please 76% connected

To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.

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Narrower term 1

Velleity 76% connected

The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition.

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Derivationally related 4

Want 74% connected

The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Want 74% connected

The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

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Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 6

Bid 92% connected

of Bid

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Care 92% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Like 92% connected

Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the part…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Regard 92% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Want 92% connected

The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Wishing 92% connected

of Wish

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Antonym 2

Begrudge 94% connected

To grudge; to envy the possession of.

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Begrudge 94% connected

To grudge; to envy the possession of.

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