All want synonyms
want
W w noun want
- insufficiency β deficiency in amount, force, power, competence, or fitness; inadequacy: insufficiency of supplies.
- meagerness β deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
- neediness β a condition of want or need; poverty; indigence.
- paucity β smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with a paucity of resources.
- pauperism β the state or condition of utter poverty.
- penury β extreme poverty; destitution.
- poorness β having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
- poverty β the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. Synonyms: privation, neediness, destitution, indigence, pauperism, penury. Antonyms: riches, wealth, plenty.
- privation β lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life: His life of privation began to affect his health.
- scantiness β scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- scarcity β insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
- shortage β a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- exiguousness β The quality of being meagre or scanty.
- skimpily β lacking in size, fullness, etc.; scanty: a skimpy hem; a skimpy dinner.
- hunger β a compelling need or desire for food.
- desire β A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
- wish β to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- appetite β Your appetite is your desire to eat.
- craving β an intense desire or longing
- demand β If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
- fancy β imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- hankering β a longing; craving.
- longing β strong, persistent desire or craving, especially for something unattainable or distant: filled with longing for home.
- necessity β something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- requirement β that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- thirst β a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
- yearning β deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
- yen β an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: Β₯; Abbreviation: Y.
- lack β something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
verb want
- feel like β of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- crave β If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
- covet β If you covet something, you strongly want to have it for yourself.
- aspire β If you aspire to something such as an important job, you have a strong desire to achieve it.
- choose β If you choose someone or something from several people or things that are available, you decide which person or thing you want to have.
- prefer β to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than: to prefer beef to chicken.
- require β to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
- ache β If you ache or a part of your body aches, you feel a steady, fairly strong pain.
- hanker β to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
- long β having considerable linear extent in space: a long distance; a long handle.
- lust β intense sexual desire or appetite.
- pine β Archaic. painful longing.
- yearn β to have an earnest or strong desire; long: to yearn for a quiet vacation.
- desiderate β to feel the lack of or need for; long for; miss
- have eyes for β to be interested in
- spoil for β If you are spoiling for a fight, you are very eager for it to happen.
- miss β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- call for β If you call for someone, you go to the building where they are, so that you can both go somewhere.
- starve β to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
adjective want
- go without β be deprived of, not have