'Desideratum' definitions:
Definition of 'desideratum'
(from WordNet)
noun
Something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money"
Definition of 'Desideratum'
From: GCIDE
- Desideratum \De*sid`e*ra"tum\, n.; pl. Desiderata. [L., fr. desideratus, p. p. See Desiderate.] Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledge. Desidiose
Synonyms of 'desideratum'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aim,
- ambition,
- animus,
- aspiration,
- bare necessities,
- call for,
- catch,
- counsel,
- dearest wish,
- demand,
- demand for,
- desideration,
- design,
- desire,
- determination,
- effect,
- essential,
- essentials,
- fixed purpose,
- forbidden fruit,
- function,
- glimmering goal,
- golden vision,
- hope,
- idea,
- indispensable,
- intendment,
- intent,
- intention,
- lodestone,
- magnet,
- meaning,
- mind,
- motive,
- must,
- must item,
- necessaries,
- necessities,
- necessity,
- need,
- need for,
- nisus,
- occasion,
- plan,
- plum,
- point,
- prerequirement,
- prerequisite,
- prize,
- project,
- proposal,
- prospectus,
- purpose,
- requirement,
- requisite,
- requisition,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- sake,
- striving,
- study,
- temptation,
- the necessary,
- the needful,
- trophy,
- view,
- want,
- will,
- wish