What is "want" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "want": a state of extreme poverty

Noun

Pronunciation in US: /wɔnt/ also enPR

Meaning of "want": feel or have a desire for; want strongly

Verb

Pronunciation in US: /wɔnt/ also enPR

Meaning of "want": the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

Noun

Pronunciation in US: /wɔnt/ also enPR

Meaning of "want": have need of

Verb

Pronunciation in US: /wɔnt/ also enPR

Meaning of "want": anything that is necessary but lacking

Noun

Pronunciation in US: /wɔnt/ also enPR

Meaning of "want": hunt or look for; want for a particular reason

Verb

Pronunciation in US: /wɔnt/ also enPR

Meaning of "want": a specific feeling of desire

Noun

Pronunciation in US: /wɔnt/ also enPR

Meaning of "want": wish or demand the presence of

Verb

Pronunciation in US: /wɔnt/ also enPR

Meaning of "want": be without, lack; be deficient in

Verb

Pronunciation in US: /wɔnt/ also enPR

Synonyms:

need, wish, longing, requirement, hankering, yen, hunger, thirst, yearning, fancy, necessity, demand, appetite, craving, privation, defect, dearth, famine, neediness, scarcity, meagerness, inadequacy, indigence, absence, impoverishment, exigency, destitution, paucity, insufficiency, poverty, poorness, impecuniousness, deficiency, default, scantiness, shortage, penury, pauperism, exiguousness, skimpiness, wish, require, prefer, crave, choose, need, fancy, hunger, covet, pine, hanker, lust, yearn, long, aspire, ache, thirst, be greedy, could do with, desiderate, feel a need, have a passion for, have a yen for, have ambition, have an urge for, have eyes for, incline toward, itch for, spoil for, require, call for, demand, miss, starve, be deficient, be deprived of, be found wanting, be insufficient, be poor, be short of, be without, fall short in, have need of, stand in need of,

Antonyms:

dislike, hate, hatred, distaste, indifference, abundance, plenty, disinterest, advantage, perfection, abundance, plenty, sufficiency, adequacy, enough, wealth, affluence, satisfaction, dislike, hate, excess, disinterest, dislike, hate, spurn, despise, have, not want, despise, dislike, hate, have,