want - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a specific feeling of desire

Synonyms

• want
• wish
• wishing

More generic

• desire

More specific

• velleity

Noun

anything that is necessary but lacking

Synonyms

• need
• want

More generic

• essential
• necessary
• necessity
• requirement
• requisite

Noun

the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

Synonyms

• deficiency
• lack
• want

More generic

• demand
• need

More specific

• absence
• dearth
• deficit
• famine
• mineral deficiency
• shortage
• shortness
• stringency
• tightness

Noun

a state of extreme poverty

Synonyms

• deprivation
• neediness
• privation
• want

More generic

• impoverishment
• poorness
• poverty

Verb

wish or demand the presence of

Synonyms

• want

More generic

• demand

Related

• want

Verb

have need of

Synonyms

• need
• require
• want

More generic

• be

More specific

• cry

Verb

hunt or look for; want for a particular reason

Synonyms

• want

More generic

• look for
• search
• seek

Related

• want

Verb

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

Synonyms

• desire
• want

More specific

• ambition
• begrudge
• care
• crave
• envy
• fancy
• feel like
• go for
• hanker
• hope
• hunger
• itch
• lech after
• like
• long
• lust
• lust after
• miss
• seek
• spoil
• starve
• take to
• thirst
• wish
• wish well
• yearn

Verb

be without, lack; be deficient in

Synonyms

• want

More generic

• lack
• miss

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