Synonyms for want

Some common synonyms of want are: want [n.] 1. Deficiency, absence, lack, dearth, default, defect. 2. Inadequacy, scarcity, scarceness, scantiness, meagreness, shortness, defectiveness, failure, insufficiency, deficiency, paucity, poverty. 3. Need, necessity, requirement, desideratum. 4. Desire, wish, craving, longing. 5. Poverty, indigence, penury, need, necessity, destitution, distress, straits, privation.