want
Wish to have
If you want something, you feel the need or desire for it, or the lack of it.
If an inanimate thing wants something, it would benefit from it: That shed wants a coat of paint.
The noun want is less common than the noun need, but is used in a very similar way: want is the state of wanting or needing something.
If you’re in want, there’s something you want.
To satisfy a want is to fulfill it.
Intense, persistent desire
- wishYearned-for outcome
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- urgeStrong inner drive
hankering · yen · pining · covet · lust · fancy · appetite · thirst
Lack of something needed
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- absenceState of not being
privation · inadequacy · penury · poverty · destitution · dearth · paucity · void
Intense, persistent desire
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- achePersistent dull discomfort
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- homesicknessLonging for one's dwelling
melancholy · missing · sentimentality · fondness · dreaminess · yearning · reminiscence · bittersweet
Fundamentally necessary
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- needEssential requirement
- mustObligatory requirement
- demandForceful request or requirement
requisite · basic · survival · sustenance · obligation · urgency · desideratum · indispensable
Desired end result
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
- driveOperate a vehicle
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
determination · pursuit · striving · endeavor · objective · aim · vision · purpose
longing
Intense, persistent desire
urge · hankering · yen · pining · covet · lust · fancy · appetite · thirst · itch
deficiency
Lack of something needed
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
absence · privation · inadequacy · penury · poverty · destitution · dearth · paucity · void · gap
longing
Intense, persistent desire
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- achePersistent dull discomfort
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
homesickness · melancholy · missing · sentimentality · fondness · dreaminess · yearning · reminiscence · bittersweet · remembrance
essential
Fundamentally necessary
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- needEssential requirement
- mustObligatory requirement
demand · requisite · basic · survival · sustenance · obligation · urgency · desideratum · indispensable · vital
goal
Desired end result
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
- driveOperate a vehicle
motivation · determination · pursuit · striving · endeavor · objective · aim · vision · purpose · quest
- want toDesire to do
- I wantExpress a desire
- help wantedEmployment listings header
- want outDesire to withdraw
- want to knowSeek to learn
- all you wantThe full extent wished
wants, wanted, wanting, unwanted, wanton, wantonness, wantonly