Antonyms for want
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : wont, wawnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : wɒnt, wɔnt |
Definition of want
Origin :- c.1200, "to be lacking," from Old Norse vanta "to lack, want," earlier *wanaton, from Proto-Germanic *wanen, from PIE *we-no-, from root *eue- "to leave, abandon, give out" (see vain). The meaning "desire, wish for" is first recorded 1706. Related: wanted; wanting.
- noun desire
- noun lack, need
- verb desire
- verb lack, need
- People can talk all they want to about your bein' just a dub—I won't believe 'em.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I want him to think he ain't got a friend on earth but himself.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- "I suppose you want to be taken back," said the superintendent, abruptly.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Why should you want to see me do well, after our little affair?
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Just sit around and talk wise about me all you want to, but watch.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Then there came upon him to reinforce this want a burning sense of defeat.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Rain, which we were much in want of, fell lightly most of the day.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Whole tribes and clans were wiped out by hunger and cold and want.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Those found were in a sad state for want of water, and there was not a moment to lose.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- We are much in want of rain, and thought we should have had some, but the barometer is rising this evening.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
Synonyms for want
- absence
- ache
- appetite
- aspire
- be deficient
- be deprived of
- be found wanting
- be greedy
- be insufficient
- be poor
- be short of
- be without
- call for
- choose
- could do with
- covet
- crave
- craving
- dearth
- default
- defect
- deficiency
- demand
- desiderate
- destitution
- exigency
- exiguousness
- fall short in
- famine
- fancy
- feel a need
- hanker
- hankering
- have a passion for
- have a yen for
- have ambition
- have an urge for
- have eyes for
- have need of
- hunger
- impecuniousness
- impoverishment
- inadequacy
- incline toward
- indigence
- insufficiency
- itch for
- long
- longing
- lust
- meagerness
- miss
- necessity
- need
- neediness
- paucity
- pauperism
- penury
- pine
- poorness
- poverty
- prefer
- privation
- require
- requirement
- scantiness
- scarcity
- shortage
- skimpiness
- spoil for
- stand in need of
- starve
- thirst
- wish
- yearn
- yearning
- yen
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