Synonyms for want
Another word for want is deprivation, privation or neediness. Below are 10 synonyms and 30 related words across 9 senses.
Also searched as: wanter, wants.
1. noun: a state of extreme poverty
- deprivation synonyms
- privation
- neediness
2. noun: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
- lack synonyms
- deficiency synonyms
3. noun: anything that is necessary but lacking
4. noun: a specific feeling of desire
- wish synonyms
- wishing
5. verb: feel or have a desire for; want strongly
- desire synonyms
6. verb: have need of
- need synonyms
- require synonyms
7. verb: hunt or look for; want for a particular reason
8. verb: wish or demand the presence of
9. verb: be without, lack; be deficient in
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- poverty
- impoverishment
- poorness
- demand synonyms
- absence
- deficit
- shortage synonyms
- famine
- mineral deficiency
- tightness
- dearth
- shortness
- stringency
- necessary synonyms
- essential synonyms
- requirement synonyms
- necessity synonyms
- requisite synonyms
- velleity
- go for synonyms
- take to
- long synonyms
- feel synonyms
- feel like
- care synonyms
- hope synonyms
- experience synonyms
- miss synonyms
- wish well
- seek synonyms
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Questions people ask
What is another word for want?
You can say deprivation, privation, neediness, lack or deficiency instead of want. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "a state of extreme poverty".
What is the opposite of want?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for want; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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