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Main Entry: want
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: desire

Synonyms:

ache, aspire, be greedy, choose, could do with, covet, crave, desiderate, fancy, feel a need, hanker, have a passion for, have a yen for, have ambition, have an urge for, have eyes for, hunger, incline toward, itch for, long, lust, need, pine, prefer, require, spoil for, thirst, wish, yearn
Notes: wont is a custom, especially habitual; want is a desire or need

Antonyms:

despise, dislike, hate
Main Entry: want
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lack, need

Synonyms:

be deficient, be deprived of, be found wanting, be insufficient, be poor, be short of, be without, call for, demand, fall short in, have need of, miss, require, stand in need of, starve

Antonyms:

have
Main Entry: wanting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lacking, inadequate

Synonyms:

absent, away, bankrupt, bereft, burned out, cooked, cut off, defective, deficient, deprived, destitute, devoid, disappointing, empty, failing, faulty, gone, half-baked, imperfect, in default, incomplete, inferior, less, minus, missing, needed, not good enough, not up to par, omitted, out of gas, patchy, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, short, shy, sketchy, substandard, too little too late, unfulfilled, unsound

Antonyms:

adequate, perfect, satisfactory, sufficient
Main Entry: absent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: deficient in something needed or usual

Synonyms:

bare, blank, devoid, empty, hollow, lacking, minus, missing, nonexistent, omitted, unavailable, vacant, vacuous, wanting

Antonyms:

sufficient
Main Entry: aim
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: point or direct at a goal

Synonyms:

address, angle, aspire, attempt, cast, concentrate, contemplate, covet, design, direct, endeavor, essay, fix, focus, intend, level, mean, plan, propose, purpose, set one's sights on, sight, slant, steer, strive, target, train, try, want, wish, zero in on, zoom in
Main Entry: aspire
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: aim, hope

Synonyms:

be ambitious, be eager, crave, desire, dream, hanker, long, pursue, seek, strive, struggle, try, want, wish, yearn
Main Entry: bare
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: without covering or content

Synonyms:

arid, barren, blank, bleak, clear, desert, desolate, empty, lacking, mean, open, poor, scanty, scarce, stark, unfurnished, vacant, vacuous, void, wanting
Notes: bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal

Antonyms:

covered, full
Main Entry: beg
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: seek charity

Synonyms:

ask alms, benefit, bite*, brace, bum*, burn*, buzz*, cadge, call on, call upon, chisel, clamor for, dime up, ding, freeload, hit up, hustle, knock, live hand to mouth, mendicate, mooch, nick, nickel up, panhandle, pass the hat, put the bite on, put the touch on, score*, scrounge, solicit charity, sponge on, sponge, tap, touch, want

Antonyms:

give
Main Entry: below par
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: second-rate in quality

Synonyms:

below average, imperfect, inferior, lacking, not oneself, off, off-form, poor, substandard, under the weather, wanting
Main Entry: bereft
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lacking; missing

Synonyms:

beggared, bereaved, cut off, deprived, destitute, devoid, dispossessed, divested, fleeced, impoverished, left without, minus, naked, parted from, robbed, shorn, stripped, wanting, without

Antonyms:

full, happy
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