Synonyms of setting one's heart on

setting one's heart on

phrase

present participle of set one's heart on

as in craving

to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy

She set her heart on going to Harvard when she was only a freshman in high school.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• craving
• dying (for)
• longing (for)
• panting (after)
• yearning (for)
• wishing (for)
• sighing (for)
• wanting
• itching (for)
• aching (for)
• pining (for)
• thirsting (for)
• hungering (for)
• repining (for)
• lusting (for or after)
• hankering (for or after)
• salivating (for)
• jonesing (for)
• enjoying
• yenning (for)
• desiring
• spoiling (for)
• coveting
• grooving (on)
• loving
• desiderating
• reveling (in)
• liking
• delighting (in)
• preferring
• relishing
• admiring
• fancying
• digging
• valuing
• favoring
• adoring
• appreciating
• treasuring
• cherishing
• prizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hating
• loathing
• despising
• abhorring
• abominating
• detesting
• refusing
• rejecting
• declining
• execrating
• spurning