want

v

1. desire, wish or wish for, long for, desiderate; yearn for, hope for, care for, pine for, sigh for; hanker after, have a yen for, covet, fancy, have a fancy for; have an eye to, be attracted to, have a mind to, have at heart, be bent upon, set one's heart on, ask for the moon; crave, hunger for, thirst for, lust after, burn for, Inf. be wild or mad about, Sl. have the hots for.

2. need, require, necessitate, demand, call for, have occasion for, have need of; lack, not suffice, be inadequate or insufficient, stand or be in need of, be without, miss; be deficient in, be short of, Inf. be shy, be absent, be missing or lacking, be devoid of, be empty of, be bereft of, be deprived of.

3. feel inclined, feel like, wish, prefer, feel prone to.

n

4. need, exigency, requirement, demand, request, requisite, prerequisite, necessity; desire, wish, hope, craving, appetite.

5. absence, lack, default, dearth; deficiency, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, shortness, smallness, paucity, scarcity, scarceness, scantiness, shortage.

6. neediness, poverty, destitution, privation, penury, indigence; impecuniousness, impecuniosity, pennilessness, pauperism, beggary, mendicancy; insolvency, bankruptcy, straits, extremity, difficulty.