Want Synonyms and Antonyms
wŏnt, wônt
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Synonyms for Want
The thing desired or longed for
An urgent requirement or claim
To be in need of; need
To feel sympathy, pity, etc. (for)
have a fondness for
To desire
thirst after
To desire
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The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
long-for
To miss someone
be deficient in
To lack
A lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health:
desiderata
Plural form of desideratum
To have a strong desire or craving.
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The act of making a wish.
The state of being needy
To have a strong, often restless desire.
During or for an extended period of time:
To be filled with longing or desire
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Hone is defined as to sharpen or make something more effective.
To be under the necessity of or the obligation to:
To prefer above others:
To want to have:
If it is your desire or pleasure; if you please. Used in polite requests:
The fact of being without; lack
A deprivation or lack; a deficiency.
The state of being impecunious; impecuniousness
The property of being impecunious.
The state of being impoverished.
The condition of being indigent
The state or quality of being penniless.
The quality of being penurious.
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Penury is defined as extreme poverty or lacking basic necessities.
In great need; destitute; needy
Failure to perform a task or fulfill an obligation, especially failure to meet a financial obligation:
Something considered necessary or highly desirable.
Physical deterioration, as of a highway, caused by hard use over time:
A shortage of required material.
Inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally:
(Engineering) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implementation failure, or (c) result in system failure.
The property of being scarce.
To aspire is defined as to desire something or to work toward a goal that you strongly want to reach.
To have an intense desire for something
To lack
To lack
To fail to benefit from; let slip:
Must is used to express a requirement or a necessity.
(Now Rare) To compel; require; force
To lack
(Archaic) To recommend for advancement or appointment; promote.
To make a search or investigation:
To lack
To have as the object of one's will; desire; want
incline toward
To desire
The definition of poor is having little money or belongings, or lacking something.
hanker after
To desire
have an urge for
To desire
lust for
To desire
have a passion for
To desire
be greedy for
To desire
have a yen for
To desire
have an itch for
To desire
be deprived of
To lack
To breathe rapidly in short gasps, as after exertion.
desiderative
(Grammar) Designating a clause, a sentence, or in some languages an inflected verb form that expresses desire.
Utterly lacking; devoid:
Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky:
A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.
hunger after
To desire
The definition of a craving is a very strong desire.
have ambition
To desire
Antonyms for Want
A person or thing hated
A feeling of not liking; distaste; aversion; antipathy
To regard with dislike or repugnance
Freedom from selfish bias or self-interest; impartiality.
A large quantity; many. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
To occupy a particular relation to:
Words Related to Want
To want emotionally or sexually.
Deficiency or absence:
Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas.
An amount or quantity greater than is necessary, desirable, usable, etc.; too much; superfluity
A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
The period of time during which this takes place
want-to
want to know
Something indispensable.
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