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Defenition of the word want

    • Defenition of the word want

      • To have a strong desire for something.
      • feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now; "I want my own room"
      • the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"
      • anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"
      • a state of extreme poverty
      • wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!"
      • hunt or look for; want for a particular reason: "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you"
      • be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter"
      • have need of: "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
      • a specific feeling of desire; "he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire"
      • have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
      • hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you"
      • feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"
      • a specific feeling of desire
      • anything that is necessary but lacking
      • the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
      • wish or demand the presence of
      • have need of
      • hunt or look for; want for a particular reason
      • feel or have a desire for; want strongly
      • be without, lack; be deficient in

    Synonyms for the word want

      • absence
      • aim
      • aspire
      • be after
      • be looking for
      • care for
      • choose
      • covet
      • crave
      • dearth
      • deficiency
      • deprivation
      • desire
      • famine
      • fancy
      • feel like
      • hanker after
      • hunger
      • intend
      • lack
      • like
      • mean
      • need
      • neediness
      • plan
      • poverty
      • privation
      • require
      • wish
      • wish for
      • wishing
      • would like
      • yearn for

    Similar words in the want

      • want
      • wanted
      • wanting
      • wantings
      • wanton
      • wantoned
      • wantoner
      • wantoning
      • wantonly
      • wantonness
      • wantons
      • wants

    Hyponyms for the word want

      • absence
      • ambition
      • begrudge
      • care
      • crave
      • cry
      • dearth
      • deficit
      • envy
      • famine
      • fancy
      • feel like
      • go for
      • hanker
      • hope
      • hunger
      • itch
      • lech after
      • like
      • long
      • lust
      • lust after
      • mineral deficiency
      • miss
      • seek
      • shortage
      • shortness
      • spoil
      • starve
      • stringency
      • take to
      • thirst
      • tightness
      • velleity
      • wish
      • wish well
      • yearn

    Hypernyms for the word want

      • be
      • demand
      • desire
      • essential
      • impoverishment
      • lack
      • look for
      • miss
      • necessary
      • necessity
      • need
      • poorness
      • poverty
      • requirement
      • requisite
      • search
      • seek

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