The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WANT , but the solution may also be ENVY which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Desire crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
WANT | 19 % | 4 |
YEN | 19 % | 3 |
URGE | 13 % | 4 |
WISH | 10 % | 4 |
ITCH | 8 % | 4 |
CRAVE | 7 % | 5 |
HOPEFOR | 4 % | 7 |
THIRST | 3 % | 6 |
EROS | 2 % | 4 |
APPETITE | 2 % | 8 |
HOPE | 2 % | 4 |
COVET | 2 % | 5 |
LUST | 1 % | 4 |
YEARN | 1 % | 5 |
FEELLIKE | 1 % | 8 |
NEED | 1 % | 4 |
ACHE | 1 % | 4 |
LONGING | 1 % | 7 |
AIM | 0 % | 3 |
WISHFOR | 0 % | 7 |
CARETO | 0 % | 6 |
PINEFOR | 0 % | 7 |
ENVY | 0 % | 4 |
YEARNING | 0 % | 8 |
LONG | 0 % | 4 |
WILL | 0 % | 4 |
LUSTAFTER | 0 % | 9 |
YEARNFOR | 0 % | 8 |
PASSION | 0 % | 7 |
Why may WANT be the right solution?
The word "want" is often used to describe a strong desire or a feeling of lacking something. Therefore, it is an appropriate answer for the clue "Desire."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Desire
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- want
- hope
- trust
- ambition
- longing
- eagerness
- yearning
- wanting
- wish
- motivation
- passion
- urge
Crossword Answer definitions
WANT noun- A desire, wish, longing.
- (often followed by of) Lack, absence.
- Poverty.
- Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
- A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
- To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.
- (in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
- To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
- (usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
- (now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
- (now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
- To be lacking or deficient or absent.
- To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
- To lack and be without, to not have (something).
- (by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result WANT
- Fancy
- Thirst for
- Word on an Uncle Sam poster
- Entry on a wish list
- Have a hankering
- Have one's heart set on
- Hanker for
- Verb in a letter to Santa
- Needy condition
- Be deficient in
More clues leading to the result YEN
- Craving
- Hankering
- Kyoto cash
- Kyoto currency
- Urge
- Desire
- Itch
- Yearning
- The capital of Japan?
- Major global currency unit worth about a penny
More clues leading to the result URGE
More clues leading to the result WISH
- Desire
- Request to a genie
- World peace, e.g.
- It may lead to a broken bone
- Genie's grant
- Genie's bestowal
- "Make a ___!"
- Gift from a genie
- Take advantage of a falling star
- You may break a bone after you've made one
More clues leading to the result ITCH
- Backscratcher target
- Chicken-pox symptom
- Want to scratch
- What to scratch
- Ivy affliction
- Antsy feeling
- Allergic reaction
- Yen
- Burning desire
- Characteristic of crabs
More clues leading to the result CRAVE
- Desire
- Have a yen for
- Hunger for
- Want. Really. Badly.
- Ache for
- Desire strongly
- Long for
- More than want
- Desire with fire
- Lust after
More clues leading to the result HOPEFOR
More clues leading to the result THIRST
More clues leading to the result EROS
- Piccadilly Circus statue
- Aphrodite's offspring
- Aphrodite's son
- Cupid's alias
- Greek cupid
- Libidinous deity
- Lover boy
- Piccadilly Circus figure
- Piccadilly figure
- Poem collection
More clues leading to the result APPETITE
- Hunger
- Intake regulator?
- Fondness
- Thanksgiving asset
- Craving
- Longing
- Desire for food
- Desire
- Good thing to have before a meal
- Strong desire
More clues leading to the result HOPE
- Anticipation
- Bob of "Road" films
- Clinton's birthplace
- Partner of faith and charity
- Anthony or Bob
- Wish for
- Wish for something
- Expectation
- Clinton's hometown
- A cardinal virtue
More clues leading to the result COVET
- 10th Commandment word
- Have a yen for
- Break the Tenth Commandment
- Long to have
- Want badly
- Break a Commandment
- Feel envious about
- Badly desire?
- Tenth Commandment word
- Begrudge
More clues leading to the result LUST
- Irving Stone's "__ for Life"
- Craving
- Passionate desire
- Deadly sin
- Lasciviousness
- Overpowering passion
- Libidinous yen
- Want only wantonly
- Unseemly want
- Be like a lecher
More clues leading to the result YEARN
- Long
- Long for
- Feel a longing
- Want badly
- Hanker after, with "for"
- Harbor longings
- Long (for)
- Feel nostalgia, e.g.
- Pine
- Have a hankering
More clues leading to the result FEELLIKE
More clues leading to the result NEED
- Burden
- Poverty-stricken state
- Call for
- Can't live without
- Exigency
- Require
- Requirement
- Requisite
- Scholarship factor
- Shortfall
More clues leading to the result ACHE
- Head starter
- Charley horse
- Dull pain
- Head ailment
- Pain in the neck
- Pine
- Sore point
- Sore spot
- Tummy trouble
- Yearn
More clues leading to the result LONGING
More clues leading to the result AIM
- Marksman's gift
- Prepare to fire
- Align the crosshairs
- Aspiration
- Ready's follower
- Intent
- A shooter might take it
- Crest alternative
- Crest rival
- SmarterChild platform
More clues leading to the result WISHFOR
More clues leading to the result CARETO
More clues leading to the result PINEFOR
- Want in the worst way
- Hanker after
- Miss greatly
- Desire deeply
- Desire intensely
- Miss badly
- Achingly desire
- Desire
- Miss a lot
More clues leading to the result ENVY
- Begrudge
- Covet
- Green signifier
- One of the Seven Deadly Sins
- Deadly sin
- Coveter's sin
- Begrudge, maybe
- Covetousness
- Member of a "deadly" septet
- 50% of moral indignation, per Vittorio De Sica
More clues leading to the result YEARNING
- Heartfelt wish
- Longing
- Strong desire
- Itch
- Desire
- Yen
- "... _____ to breathe free" (Statue of Liberty inscription)
More clues leading to the result LONG
- Hanker for
- Louisiana's "Kingfish"
- North Atlantic island
- Protracted
- 1956 Little Richard hit "____ Tall Sally"
- Aspire
- Have a desire
- Yearn
- Needing editing, perhaps
- Yearn (for)
More clues leading to the result WILL
- Bequeath
- Codicil preceder
- "You ___ be assimilated" ("Star Trek" catchphrase)
- Determination
- It details what's left
- Ability to choose
- Desire and grit
- Future-tense helping verb
- Volition
- "Where there's a ___..."