Want definition

Want as a verb

1. feel or have a desire for; want strongly

   "I want to go home now"

   Same sense: desire

2. have need of

   "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"

   Same sense: need, require

3. hunt or look for; want for a particular reason

   "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"

4. wish or demand the presence of

   "I want you here at noon!"

5. be without, lack; be deficient in

   "want courtesy"

Want as a noun

6. a state of extreme poverty

   Same sense: deprivation, privation, neediness

7. the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

   "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"

   Same sense: lack, deficiency

8. anything that is necessary but lacking

   "I tried to supply his wants"

   Same sense: need

9. a specific feeling of desire

   Same sense: wish, wishing

Synonyms and antonyms

• desire
• need
• require
• deprivation
• privation
• neediness
• lack
• deficiency
• wish definition
• wishing

All synonyms of want, sense by sense

How to say want

Want has 1 syllable and rhymes with restaurant. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with want

• restaurant
• font
• avant
• commandant
• piedmont
• confidant
• storefront
• croissant
• nonchalant
• savant
• debutante
• detente

WANT in word games

Scrabble

7

Words With Friends

8

Anagrams

0

Is WANT a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check WANT in the word checker, or unscramble WANT to see the shorter words in its letters.