1. (noun)privation, want, deprivation, neediness a state of extreme poverty Synonyms: neediness, need, deprivation, loss, wishing, wish, privation, lack, deficiency, want
2. (noun)lack, deficiency, want the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable Synonyms: neediness, need, deprivation, wishing, wish, want, privation, lack, deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency
3. (noun)need, want anything that is necessary but lacking Synonyms: indigence, need, pauperism, deprivation, demand, pauperization, wish, wishing, privation, deficiency, motive, motivation, lack, neediness, want, penury
4. (verb)wish, wishing, want a specific feeling of desire Synonyms: indirect request, neediness, need, wish, deprivation, wishing, want, regard, privation, lack, deficiency, compliments
5. (verb)desire, want feel or have a desire for; want strongly Synonyms: want, trust, require, need, hope, desire
6. (verb)want, need, require have need of Synonyms: take, need, require, expect, demand, involve, ask, desire, command, postulate, call for, necessitate, want
7. (verb)want hunt or look for; want for a particular reason Synonyms: require, need, desire
8. (verb)want wish or demand the presence of Synonyms: require, need, desire
9. (verb)want be without, lack; be deficient in Synonyms: require, need, desire
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'want'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. want Necessity is the quality of being necessary, or the quality of that which can not but be, become, or be true, or be accepted as true. Need and want always imply a lack; necessity may be used Synonyms: necessity, compulsion, fatality, requisite, destiny, fate, sine qua non, emergency, indispensability, unavoidableness, essential, indispensableness, urgency, exigency, need, want, extremity, requirement Antonyms: choice, doubt, dubiousness, freedom, possibility, contingency, doubtfulness, fortuity, option, uncertainty
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