want

Plural: wants

Noun

• a state of extreme poverty
• the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
  • "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"
• anything that is necessary but lacking
  • "I tried to supply his wants"
• a specific feeling of desire
• A desire, wish, longing.
• Lack, absence, deficiency.
• Poverty.
• Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
• A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
• A mole (Talpa europea).

Verb

Verb Forms: wanted, wanting, wants

• To have a strong desire for or wish to possess.
• feel or have a desire for; want strongly
  • "I want to go home now"
  • "I want my own room"
• have need of
  • "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
• hunt or look for; want for a particular reason
  • "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"
  • "Uncle Sam wants you"
• wish or demand the presence of
  • "I want you here at noon!"
• be without, lack; be deficient in
  • "want courtesy"
  • "want the strength to go on living"
  • "flood victims wanting food and shelter"
• To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
• To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
• To make it easy or tempting to do something undesirable, or to make it hard or challenging to refrain from doing it.
• To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
• To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
• To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
• To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
• To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
• To be lacking or deficient or absent.
• To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
• To lack and be without, to not have (something).
• To lack and perhaps be able or willing to do without.
• To desire a romantic or (especially) sexual relationship with someone; to lust for.

Examples

• Dang, girl! Your brother is gorgeous! I want him so bad!
• Danish police want him for embezzlement.
• Depression wants you to feel like the world is dark and that you are not worthy of happiness. The first step to making your life better from this day forward is to stop believing these lies.
• Every Scrabble player wants a bingo, especially early in the game.
• I want you as a friend, not a foe.
• Ma’am, you are exactly the professional we want for this job.
• She showed a want of caution in renting her house to complete strangers.
• She wanted anything she needed.
• That chair wants fixing and a clean.
• The game developers of Candy Crush want you to waste large, copious amounts of your money on in-game purchases to buy boosters and lives.
• The paupers desperately want.
• There was something wanting in the play.
• What do you want to eat?  I want you to leave.  I never wanted to go back to live with my mother.
• What you really want is a good smack!
• You can leave if you want.
• You’ll want to repeat this three or four times to get the best result.

Synonyms

deficiency, deprivation, desire, lack, need, neediness, privation, require, wish, wishing, ache, appetize, aspire, be in need of, be without, covet, crave, dream, eye, fancy, fond, heart, hope, hunger, jones, like, set one's heart on, thirst, wish for, would like

Antonyms

dislike, hate, unwant

Anagrams of want