Synonyms for want

noun

1. Need

   privation, dearth, shortage, poverty; see lack 1, 2, poverty 1.

2. Desire

   wish, craving, demand; see desire 1. See syn. study at poverty.

verb

1. To desire

   desire, require, aspire, hanker after, have an urge for, incline toward, fancy, covet, crave, long for, lust for, have a fondness for, have a passion for, have ambition, thirst after, hunger after, be greedy for, ache*, have a yen for*, have an itch for*.

2. To lack

   be deficient in, be deprived of, require; see need. See syn. study at desire, lack.