Synonyms for wanted
want·ed

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. wantedadjective

   Antonyms:
   unwanted

2. wantedadjective

   Antonyms:
   unwanted

3. wantedadjective

   Antonyms:
   unwanted

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. wantedadjective

   desired or wished for or sought

   "couldn't keep her eyes off the wanted toy"; "a wanted criminal"; "a wanted poster"

   Synonyms:
   precious, treasured, cherished

   Antonyms:
   undesired, unwished-for, abdicable, cast-off(a), casteless, unclaimed, unsought, unwanted, friendless, throwaway(a), unwelcome, outcaste, uncalled-for, discarded, unwished, thrown-away(a), outcast, unloved

2. cherished, precious, treasured, wantedadjective

   characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

   "a cherished friend"; "children are precious"; "a treasured heirloom"; "so good to feel wanted"

   Synonyms:
   precious, cute, treasured, valued, cherished

   Antonyms:
   undesired, unwished, unwanted, unloved, throwaway(a), discarded, unwished-for, abdicable, unclaimed, uncalled-for, casteless, outcaste, friendless, outcast, unsought, cast-off(a), thrown-away(a), unwelcome

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "wanted":

   wished, desired, sought, most-wanted, dreamed, liked, wanna

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1. Mark Zuckerberg:

   One critique of our approach for much of the last decade was that because we wanted to be liked, we didn't always communicate our views as clearly because we were worried about offending people.

2. Cathy McMullen:

   What we did is democracy, action, grassroots. It was hard work for people who live in this city and wanted a better life.

3. Christy Trabun:

   ’M om and Dad wanted to have kids and we were n’t able to, and then we heard about the Snowflake Program, ’ and then it explains it in an age-appropriate way.

4. Tim Clark:

   We might say to (Delta Air Lines chief executive) Richard Anderson that we're just going to do what the U.S. government wanted back in 1999, to go trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific with fifth freedom open skies.

5. Devon Gales:

   When I hit him my arms locked, i wanted to roll over and lift my head. All I could remember is lifting my head trying to get up but I couldn’t get up.