Associations to the word «Wishful»

Wiktionary

WISHFUL, adjective. (obsolete) Wished-for; desired, wanted.
WISHFUL, adjective. Expressing a wish or longing for something.
WISHFUL, adjective. Aspiring, or seeking advancement.
WISHFUL THINKING, noun. (idiomatic) (psychology) The illusion that what one would like is actually true.
WISHFUL THINKING, noun. (idiomatic) Decision-making based on self-delusion.
WISHFUL THINKINGS, noun. Plural of wishful thinking

Dictionary definition

WISHFUL, adjective. Having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem".
WISHFUL, adjective. Desiring or striving for recognition or advancement.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope