wishful
How many syllables in wishful?
There are 2 syllables in the word wishful.How to pronounce wishful:
Synonyms for wishful:
ambitious
aspirant
aspiring
eager
hopeful
longing
striving
would-be
Antonyms for wishful:
ambitionless
apathetic
cold
complacent
despising
disgusted
disinterested
dispassionate
feckless
hateful
hating
impassive
indifferent
indolent
lazy
listless
loathing
non-committal
passionless
unambitious
unconcerned
uninterested
uninvolved
unmotivated
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- winnows
- winnow
- winking
- windmilled
- wimping
- willows
- willer
- willard
- wiggles
- wienies
- widowed
- widgies
- widget
- widen
- whoreship
- whoosis
- whooshing
- wholely
- whittling
- whitely
- whiskers
- whipping
- whinnies
- whelped
- wheelhouse
- wetter
- wether
- wesley
- weltschmerz
- wellring
- welding
- welded
- weirder
- weighted
- weighment
- weigel
- weemen
- weely
- weeding
- wearing
- weapon
- wealthy
- waylon
- wayhouse
- waving
- wavered
- wasted
- wastage
- washout
- warsel
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