What are some opposite words for want?

Antonyms for want
wɒnt, wɔntwant

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  1. wantcontraction

    Synonyms:
    wasnt

  2. wantverb

    A personification of want.

    Synonyms:
    wasnt, would like, wish

  3. wantverb

    Poverty.

    Synonyms:
    be without

  4. wantverb

    To be in need of; to require (something).

    That chair wants fixing.

    Synonyms:
    need, in need of

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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 in this sense, but in the higher philosophical sense necessity simply denotes the exclusion of any alternative either in thought or fact; righteousness is a necessity (not a need) of the divine nature. Need suggests the possibility of supplying the deficiency which want expresses; to speak of a person's want of decision merely points out a weakness in his character; to say that he has need of decision implies that he can exercise or attain it. As applied to a deficiency, necessity is more imperative than need; a weary person is in need of rest; when rest becomes a necessity he has no choice but to stop work. An essential is something, as a quality, or element, that belongs to the essence of something else so as to be inseparable from it in its normal condition, or in any complete idea or statement of it. Compare NECESSARY; PREDESTINATION.

    Antonyms:
    choice, contingency, doubt, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, fortuity, freedom, option, possibility, uncertainty

    Synonyms:
    compulsion, destiny, emergency, essential, exigency, extremity, fatality, fate, indispensability, indispensableness, necessity, need, requirement, requisite, sine qua non, unavoidableness, urgency

    Preposition:
    The necessity of surrender; a necessity for action; this is a necessity to me.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. want

    Antonyms:
    supply, sufficiency, provision, abundance, production, allowance, supplement, adequacy

    Synonyms:
    deficiency, lack, failure, insufficiency, scantiness, shortness, omission, neglect, nonproduction, absence

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. privation, want, deprivation, needinessnoun

    a state of extreme poverty

    Synonyms:
    neediness, need, deprivation, loss, wishing, wish, privation, lack, deficiency

  2. lack, deficiency, wantnoun

    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"

    Synonyms:
    neediness, need, deprivation, wishing, wish, privation, lack, deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency

  3. need, wantnoun

    anything that is necessary but lacking

    "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"

    Synonyms:
    indigence, need, pauperism, deprivation, demand, pauperization, wish, wishing, privation, deficiency, motive, motivation, lack, neediness, penury

  4. wish, wishing, wantverb

    a specific feeling of desire

    "he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire"

    Synonyms:
    indirect request, neediness, need, wish, deprivation, wishing, regard, privation, lack, deficiency, compliments

  5. desire, wantverb

    feel or have a desire for; want strongly

    "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"

    Synonyms:
    trust, require, need, hope, desire

  6. want, need, requireverb

    have need of

    "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"

    Synonyms:
    take, need, require, expect, demand, involve, ask, desire, command, postulate, call for, necessitate

  7. wantverb

    hunt or look for; want for a particular reason

    "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you"

    Synonyms:
    require, need, desire

  8. wantverb

    wish or demand the presence of

    "I want you here at noon!"

    Synonyms:
    require, need, desire

  9. wantverb

    be without, lack; be deficient in

    "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter"

    Synonyms:
    require, need, desire

How to use want in a sentence?

  1. Mihnea Gheorghiu:

    I just saw he is interested in world speed Internet so I want it to give him a hand and create a useful tool that can help him rapidly find out how fast the Internet is.

  2. Eduardo Eurnekian:

    We want to float in New York because I think that will bring great advantages and capital support.

  3. Health Minister Henry Ventura:

    We do not want to think that the pharmaceutical industry is backing the economic war.

  4. Mitch McConnell:

    I have a lot of concerns about the due process component of( red flag laws) and I don't want to punish law-abiding citizens.

  5. Charles de LEUSSE:

    We want the qualities of fools that our faults devour, then us. (Nous voulons qualités des fous - Que nos défauts dévorent, puis nous.) [Fables1, The Cheetah / Le Guépard]

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#254want
#884production
#1098supply
#1178choice
#1313option
#2076freedom
#2886provision
#3643doubt
#4175possibility
#5078supplement
#7863uncertainty
#8756allowance
#10239abundance
#14434contingency
#17656adequacy
#21787sufficiency

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