Infinitive complement

• establish: J. Davies, Esq. and others are wishful to establish a B.S. &c.

Modifies a noun

• thinking: There is humor mixed with the wishful thinking in his imagined peasant uprising.

• thinker: In the Bible, to have hope doesn't mean to be a wishful thinker about the future.

• belief: The wishful belief of most pot smokers that it actually does them any good needs to be challenged.

• statement: This is a wishful statement because the one thing they want changed is for all criticism of their behavoir to go away.

• thought: During my four weeks stay in Minnesota I discovered that the MEMO 99 theme was not just a wishful thought.

• fantasy: Despite the wishful fantasies of many, simply being in the water beside a dolphin does not guarantee a mind-blowing experience.

Modifying Another Word

• merely: Eve, and the Key merely wishful thinking or fantasy?

• just: Whether they're just wishful thinking only time will tell!

• probably: This was probably wishful thinking on the part of the urban progressive elite.

• simply: Without a sense of profound personal responsibility, ethical systems are simply wishful thinking.

• not: Our hope concerning the return of our Lord Jesus Christ is not wishful thinking.

• very: Men will identify with him, while most of the women I know will engage in some very wishful thinking.