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| Main Entry: | want |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desire |
| Synonyms: | appetite, craving, demand, fancy, hankering, hunger, longing, necessity, need, requirement, thirst, wish, yearning, yen |
| Notes: | wont is a custom, especially habitual; want is a desire or need |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, disinterest |
| Main Entry: | want |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire |
| Synonyms: | ache, aspire, choose, covet, crave, fancy, hanker*, hunger, long, lust, need, pine, prefer, require, thirst, wish, yearn, be greedy, could do with, desiderate, feel a need, have a passion for, have a yen for, have ambition, have an urge for, have eyes for, incline toward, itch for, spoil for |
| Antonyms: | despise, dislike, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | want |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack, need |
| Synonyms: | absence, dearth, default, defect, deficiency, destitution, exigency, famine, inadequacy, indigence, insufficiency, meagerness, paucity, penury, poorness, poverty, privation, scarcity, shortage, exiguousness, impecuniousness, impoverishment, neediness, pauperism, scantiness, skimpiness |
| Antonyms: | abundance, plenty |
| Main Entry: | want |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lack, need |
| Synonyms: | call for, demand, miss, require, be deficient, be deprived of, be found wanting, be insufficient, be poor, be short of, be without, fall short in, have need of, stand in need of, starve |
| Antonyms: | have |
| Main Entry: | absence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of lacking something needed or usual |
| Synonyms: | dearth, deficiency, drought, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, need, omission, privation, void, want, unavailability |
| Antonyms: | abundance, enough, plenty |
| 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: | crave, desire, dream, hanker, long, pursue, seek, strive, struggle, try, want, wish, yearn, be ambitious, be eager |
| Main Entry: | beg |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seek charity |
| Synonyms: | benefit, bite*, brace, bum*, burn*, buzz*, cadge*, chisel*, ding*, hustle, knock, mooch*, nick*, panhandle, score*, scrounge, sponge*, tap, touch, want, ask alms, call on, call upon, clamor for, dime up, freeload*, hit up, live hand to mouth, mendicate, nickel up, pass the hat, put the bite on, put the touch on, solicit charity, sponge on |
| Antonyms: | give |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | call for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand; entail |
| Synonyms: | inquire, involve, lack, necessitate, need, occasion, request, require, suggest, want, ask for |
| Main Entry: | care |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regard highly |
| Synonyms: | cherish, desire, enjoy, like, love, prize, respect, want, be crazy about, be fond of, find congenial, hold dear, take to |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, not care |
| Main Entry: | choose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pick, select |
| Synonyms: | accept, adopt, appoint, call for, cast, co-opt, commit oneself, crave, cull, decide on, designate, desire, determine, discriminate between, draw lots, elect, embrace, espouse, excerpt, extract, fancy, favor, feel disposed to, finger, fix on, glean, judge, love, make choice, make decision, make up one's mind, name, opt for, predestine, prefer, see fit, separate, set aside, settle upon, sift out, single out, slot, sort, tab, tag, take, take up, tap, want, weigh, will, winnow, wish, wish for |
| Main Entry: | covet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire strongly |
| Synonyms: | begrudge, choose, crave, envy, fancy, want, wish for, aspire to, desiderate, hanker for, have eye on, have hots for, itch for, long for, lust after, spoil for, thirst for, yearn for, yen for |
| Antonyms: | abjure, give, be generous, not want |
| Main Entry: | crave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire intensely |
| Synonyms: | ache for, covet, cry out for, die for, dream, eat one's heart out, fancy, give eyeteeth for, hunger for, itch for, long for, lust after, need, pine for, require, sigh for, spoil for, suspire, thirst for, want, yearn for, yen for |
| Antonyms: | abjure, dislike, hate, not want, spurn |
| Main Entry: | dearth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insufficiency, scarcity |
| Synonyms: | absence, default, defect, deficiency, famine, inadequacy, infrequency, lack, meagerness, miss, need, paucity, poverty, privation, shortage, want, exiguousness, rareness, scantiness, scantness, slim pickings, sparsity, uncommonness |
| Antonyms: | abundance, excess, plenty, sufficiency, plentifulness |
| Main Entry: | defect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blemish, imperfection |
| Synonyms: | birthmark, blot, blotch, break, bug, catch, check, crack, deficiency, deformity, discoloration, drawback, error, failing, fault, flaw, foible, frailty, gap, glitch, gremlin, hole, infirmity, injury, irregularity, kink, knot, lack, mark, mistake, patch, rift, scar, scarcity, scratch, seam, second, shortage, shortcoming, sin, speck, spot, stain, taint, vice, want, weakness, marring, rough spot, unsoundness, weak point |
| Antonyms: | advantage, improvement, perfection, strength |
| Main Entry: | deficiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imperfection, inadequacy |
| Synonyms: | absence, bug*, dearth, default, defect, deficit, demerit, dereliction, failing, failure, fault, flaw, frailty, glitch*, insufficiency, lack, loss, need, neglect, paucity, privation, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, sin, want, weakness, defalcation, inability to hack it, insufficience, scantiness |
| Antonyms: | adequacy, enough, perfection, plenty, satisfaction, sufficiency, superfluity, faultlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | question, request |
| Synonyms: | appeal, application, bid, bidding, call, call for, charge, claim, clamor, command, entreaty, imposition, inquiry, insistence, interest, interrogation, lien, necessity, need, occasion, order, petition, plea, prayer, pursuit, requirement, requisition, rush, sale, search, stipulation, suit, supplication, trade, ultimatum, use, vogue, want, arrogation, counterclaim, entreatment, exaction, impetration, imploration, importunity, solicitation |
| Antonyms: | grant, offer, reply |
| Main Entry: | demand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | require |
| Synonyms: | ask, call for, command, crave, fail, involve, lack, necessitate, need, oblige, take, want, cry out for |
| Antonyms: | give, present, supply |
| Main Entry: | deprivation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | taking, keeping away; need |
| Synonyms: | denial, destitution, detriment, disadvantage, distress, hardship, loss, privation, removal, seizure, want, withdrawal, withholding, deprival, dispossession, divestiture, divestment, expropriation |
| Antonyms: | endowment, giving, indulgence, offer, offering, presentation, supply, bestowal |
| Main Entry: | desire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | request |
| Synonyms: | appeal, entreaty, hope, petition, supplication, want, wish, importunity, solicitation |
| Antonyms: | answer, antagonism, reply |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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