Synonyms 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

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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.

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

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

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

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1. want

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

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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Demand
   • Miss
   • Necessity
   • Need
   • Search

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1. wantnoun

   Synonyms:
   deficiency, insufficiency, inadequacy, scarcity, scarceness, scantiness, meagreness, shortness, dearth, DEFICIT, lack, absence, default, defect, defectiveness, failure

2. wantnoun

   Synonyms:
   need, necessity, requirement, desideratum

3. wantnoun

   Synonyms:
   desire, wish, craving, longing

4. wantnoun

   Synonyms:
   poverty, indigence, penury, destitution, distress, straits

5. wantverb

   Synonyms:
   lack, be without, be destitute of, be in need of

6. wantverb

   Synonyms:
   require, need, have need of, have occasion for, stand in need of, cannot do without, cannot dispense with

7. wantverb

   Synonyms:
   desire, wish, crave, wish for

8. wantverb

   Synonyms:
   lack, fall, be deficient, fall short, come short

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1. wantnoun

   Synonyms:
   deficiency, lack, dearth, scarcity, need, default, absence, shortness, inadequacy, paucity, insufficiency, scarceness, desideratum, requirement, destitution, distress, straits, privation, indigence, penury, poverty

2. wantverb

   Synonyms:
   need, require, desire, wish, crave

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1. List of paraphrases for "want":

   wanna, wish, wants, wantto, desire, envy, 'm, 'il, gonna

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How to use want in a sentence?

1. Bob Bertoni:

   When someone does something wrong, there has to be consequences. We want to build our players' characters... and explain that there are consequences for your actions.

2. Spencer Platt/Getty Images:

   When I hear alien, I think of another planet — that’s what we use that word for. Not people, just because they’re from another country, i want to see them become citizens. They deserve it, and we need to see it happen very soon.

3. Ihssane Mounir:

   If our customers want to do something for the air show, we'll do something special with them, have fun with them...But we are having a good year; I like where we are.

4. Ashleigh Johnson:

   In the moments where you want to be at your best, it's like it's just magic when it happens, but ... we're putting in the work every day.

5. Ted Cruz:

   I would encourage you, Mr. President, if you want to insult me, come back and insult me to my face, let's have a debate on Syrian refugees right now.