What is another word for wouldst?

Pronunciation: [wˈʊdst] (IPA)

Wouldst is an archaic, second-person singular form of the verb would, primarily used in Early Modern English literature. It effectively means 'would you?' or 'do you want to?'. In modern English, wouldst has been replaced by the more contemporary form 'would'. However, there are some synonyms you can use instead of wouldst to find alternatives that suit your purpose. Some of the synonyms for wouldst include 'wilt', 'wantest', 'desire' or 'hast'. For example, you can use the following sentence instead of wouldst: "Would you like to go to the game?" can be rephrased as "Hast thou an interest in attending the match?

What are the hypernyms for Wouldst?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Wouldst

"I have beheld thee lift up thine arms on a fair day when the swift white clouds moved across the blue heavens as if thou wouldst embrace the whole wide earth.
"The Princess Pocahontas"
Virginia Watson
Perchance thou wouldst like to send some word of thine own to thy father.
"The Princess Pocahontas"
Virginia Watson
"I thank thee, Claw-of-the-Eagle, for all thou hast done," she whispered, "and all thou wouldst do for me.
"The Princess Pocahontas"
Virginia Watson

Famous quotes with Wouldst

  • And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
    Venerable Bede
  • Leave not the business of to-day to be done to-morrow; for who knoweth what may be thy condition to-morrow? The rose-garden, which to-day is full of flowers, when to-morrow thou wouldst pluck a rose, may not afford thee one.
    Firdausi
  • A knave; a rascal; an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy, worsted-stocking knave; a lily-livered, action-taking knave, a whoreson, glass-gazing, super-serviceable finical rogue; one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst be a bawd, in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar, and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch: one whom I will beat into clamorous whining, if thou deniest the least syllable of thy addition.
    Earl of Kent
  • Be patient, if thou wouldst thy ends accomplish; for like patience is there no appliance effective of success, producing certainly abundant fruit of actions, never damped by failure, conquering all impediments.
    Bharavi
  • If you wouldst live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life.
    Benjamin Franklin

Related words: wouldst thou, how wouldst thou, what wouldst thou, wouldst thou like to, wilt thou, thou wilt, wilt thou, wilt thou like to

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