desired

1. 1.

   wanted intensely

   “the child could no longer resist taking one of the craved cookies”

   “it produced the desired effect”

   Synonymscraved

   Similarwanted

Questions about desired

What does desired mean?

desired means "wanted intensely".

How many syllables are in desired?

desired has 3 syllables: de-si-red. The stress falls on "si". In IPA it is /dɪˈzaɪɚd/.

What is another word for desired?

Close synonyms include craved. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is desired a common word?

desired is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.