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Another word for want

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Verb

  1. To have a strong longing for

      1. A fine-grained whetstone for giving a keen edge to a cutting tool.
      2. A tool with a rotating abrasive tip for enlarging holes to precise dimensions.
      3. To sharpen on a fine-grained whetstone.
      1. To have a strong, often sad longing:
      2. To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness:
      1. A feeling that one would like to have or do something or to see something happen; a desire, longing, or strong inclination for a specific thing.
      2. An expression of a desire, longing, or strong inclination:
      3. An expression of desire for the happiness or success of another:
      1. Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Pinus, having fascicles of needle-shaped leaves and producing woody seed-bearing cones. These trees are widely cultivated for ornament and shade and for their timber and resinous sap, which yields turpentine and pine tar.
      2. Any of various other coniferous trees, such as the Norfolk Island pine.
      3. The wood of any of these trees.
      1. To breathe rapidly in short gasps, as after exertion.
      2. To beat loudly or heavily; throb or pulsate.
      3. To give off loud puffs, especially while moving.
      1. Extending or traveling a relatively great distance.
      2. Having relatively great height; tall.
      3. Having the greater length of two or the greatest length of several:
      1. To have a strong, often restless desire.
      1. To wish or long for; want:
      2. To want to have sex with (another person).
      3. To express a wish for; request.
      1. To feel strong or immoderate desire for (that which is another's).
      2. To wish for (something) longingly.
      3. To covet that which is another's.
      1. To suffer a dull, sustained pain.
      2. To feel sympathy or compassion:
      3. To yearn or long:
    See also:

    desire

  2. To be without what is needed, required, or essential

      1. To have as a requisite or necessity; need or depend on:
      2. To stipulate as obligatory by authority:
      3. To demand as obligatory or appropriate:
      1. A condition or situation in which something must be supplied in order for a certain condition to be maintained or a desired state to be achieved:
      2. Something required or wanted; a requisite:
      3. Necessity; obligation:
      1. Deficiency or absence:
      2. A particular deficiency or absence:
      3. To be without or in need of:
    See also:

    owned

  3. To have the desire or inclination to

      1. A feeling that one would like to have or do something or to see something happen; a desire, longing, or strong inclination for a specific thing.
      2. An expression of a desire, longing, or strong inclination:
      3. An expression of desire for the happiness or success of another:
      1. The mental faculty by which one deliberately chooses or decides upon a course of action:
      2. Diligent purposefulness; determination:
      3. Self-control; self-discipline:
      1. To give enjoyment, pleasure, or satisfaction to; make glad or contented.
      2. To be the will or desire of:
      3. To give satisfaction or pleasure; be agreeable:
      1. To find pleasant or attractive; enjoy:
      2. To want to have:
      3. To prefer:
      1. To wish or long for; want:
      2. To want to have sex with (another person).
      3. To express a wish for; request.
      1. To select from a number of possible alternatives; decide on and pick out:
      2. To prefer above others:
      3. To determine or decide:
    Idioms:
    See also:

    desire

Noun

  1. The condition of lacking a needed or usual amount

    See also:

    excess

  2. The condition of being extremely poor

    See also:

    rich

  3. Something asked for or needed

    See also:

    over

    necessary

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Another word for want

Noun

  1. Need

    See also:

    poverty

    lack

  2. Desire

      1. To ask for urgently or peremptorily:
      2. To claim as just or due:
      3. To ask to be informed of:
      1. A consuming desire; a yearning.
      1. A feeling that one would like to have or do something or to see something happen; a desire, longing, or strong inclination for a specific thing.
      2. An expression of a desire, longing, or strong inclination:
      3. An expression of desire for the happiness or success of another:
    See also:

    poverty

    desire

Verb

  1. To desire

  2. To lack

    See also:

    lack

    desire

    need

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Sentence Examples

  • I think she was merely directing the comment at you because she thought you might want to know.

  • I do not want all this.

  • Sometimes we have to accept change, if we want to move forward.

  • We can stop right here if you want, Carmen.

  • What did you want me to say?

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Words near want in the Thesaurus