WISHFUL: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for WISHFUL?

Need another word that means the same as “wishful”? Find 8 synonyms and 30 related words for “wishful” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Wishful” are: desirous, aspirant, aspiring, yearning, hungry, thirsty, avid, covetous

Wishful as an Adjective

Definitions of "Wishful" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “wishful” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Based on impractical wishes rather than facts.
• Having or expressing desire for something.
• Having or expressing a desire or hope for something to happen.
• Desiring or striving for recognition or advancement.

Synonyms of "Wishful" as an adjective (8 Words)

aspirant	Having ambitions to achieve something, typically to follow a particular career. An aspirant politician.
aspiring	Desiring or striving for recognition or advancement. An aspiring artist.
avid	(often followed by `for’) ardently or excessively desirous. An avid reader of science fiction.
covetous	Having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else. He was never covetous before he met her.
desirous	Having or expressing desire for something. Desirous of high office.
hungry	Feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food. I was feeling ravenously hungry.
thirsty	Feeling a need to drink something. Encouragement is as water to a thirsty plant.
yearning	Involving or expressing yearning. A yearning hope.

Usage Examples of "Wishful" as an adjective

• Without resources the proposed measures were merely wishful thinking.
• I had heard the same wishful tone over the phone.

Associations of "Wishful" (30 Words)

auspice	A favorable omen.
bid	Make a statement during the auction undertaking to make a certain number of tricks with a stated suit as trumps if the bid is successful and one becomes the declarer. Bid farewell.
blessedness	A state of supreme happiness.
covet	Wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person. I covet one of their smart bags.
covetous	Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another’s advantages. She fingered the linen with covetous hands.
crave	Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for. I must crave your indulgence.
desideratum	Something that is needed or wanted. Integrity was a desideratum.
desire	Something desired. A man of many desires.
desperate	Desperately determined. Helpless and desperate as if at the end of his tether.
destiny	The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman. He believed in destiny.
envious	Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another’s advantages. I m envious of their happiness.
envy	A person or thing that inspires envy. I envy Jane her happiness.
fate	Decree or designate beforehand. Deserved a better fate.
foreordination	Being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind.
fortunate	Materially well off; prosperous. Fortunate son.
fortunately	By good fortune. Fortunately the weather was good.
fortune	A surprisingly high price or amount of money. Some malicious act of fortune keeps them separate.
grasping	Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. The lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings.
hope	A specific instance of feeling hopeful. In spite of his troubles he never gave up hope.
hopefully	With hope; in a hopeful manner. He rode on hopefully.
jealous	Feeling or showing a resentful suspicion that one’s partner is attracted to or involved with someone else. The men were proud of their achievements and jealous of their independence.
luck	Success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one’s own actions. They say luck is a lady.
lucky	Presaging or likely to bring good luck. You had a very lucky escape.
miraculous	Remarkable and bringing very welcome consequences. I felt amazed and grateful for our miraculous escape.
promise	Promise to undertake or give. I ve been promised to him for years.
superstition	Excessively credulous belief in and reverence for the supernatural. She touched her locket for luck a superstition she d had since childhood.
tallow	Smear something especially the bottom of a boat with tallow. I tallowed my boats with our candles.
want	Hunt or look for want for a particular reason. If anyone wants out there s the door.
wishing	A specific feeling of desire. He was above all wishing and desire.
zeal	A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause. They disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority.