Antonyms for wants
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : wont, wawnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : wɒnt, wɔnt |
Definition of wants
Origin :- c.1300, "deficiency, shortage," from Old Norse vant, neuter of vanr "wanting, deficient;" related to Old English wanian "to diminish" (see wane). Phrase for want of is recorded from c.1400. Meaning "state of destitution" is recorded from mid-14c. Newspaper want ad is recorded from 1897. Middle English had wantsum (c.1200) "in want, deprived of," literally "want-some."
- noun desire
- noun lack, need
- verb desire
- verb lack, need
- The mis-a-blest folks I've ever saw was them that had killed all their wants by overfeedin' 'em.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Now he was active, acutely aware of himself and all his wants.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He wants to know what mysteries this mountain hides from his eyes.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- But I used then to say, and I still am of opinion, that he wants a heart: and if he does, he wants every thing.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- It's nice to be so tired, and to know one can sleep as long as one wants.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- He loves you too, and only wants you to ask him to help you.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- It isn't a bad break, he says, and Mark wants to keep his place.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- They shield him, too; nobody who wants to reach their hearts must blame him.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Here's another of the neighbors who wants to see how you look.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- "It'll buy the old lady what she wants for the house, anyhow," he said.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Synonyms for wants
- 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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