Adjective: wishful wish-ful
- Having or expressing desire for something
"wishful of high office";
- desirous
- Desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
"His wishful thinking led to unrealistic expectations";
- aspirant, aspiring
See also: ambitious, appetent, aspirational, athirst [archaic], avid, covetous, devouring, envious, esurient, greedy, homesick, hungry, jealous, nostalgic, thirsty