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. Matt Crenshaw:

   They’re competitive, they’re actually playing the best basketball we’ve played. All the things you want, they’re giving it, these are life lessons. That's what sports can do. They can help you with life lessons.

2. Wendo Musaly:

   When you want to do something just do it, no matter what people say because no one has the right to give you the approval to do something.

3. Kevin Moody:

   If they want to have this debate, have it in a political arena, don’t enact ordinances that are blatantly unlawful, tie up local townships, expose them to liability, and tie up companies.

4. Kanye West:

   I don't know if I properly apologized for how that slave comment made people feel, so I want to take this moment right now to say... I'm sorry for people who felt let down by that moment.

5. Sheila Isenberg:

   They want to be infamous too. When Scott Peterson was sent to prison, he got marriage proposals by the bucket before he even got to the prison. They know that if they get involved with these men their name or maybe their picture will get in the paper.