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Definitions for Want

[1] to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
[2] to wish, need, crave, demand, or desire (often followed by an infinitive): I want to see you. She wants to be notified.
[3] to be without or be deficient in: to want judgment; to want knowledge.
[4] to fall short by (a specified amount): The sum collected wants but a few dollars of the desired amount.
[5] to require or need: The house wants painting.
[6] to feel inclined; wish; like (often followed by to ): We can stay home if you want.
[7] to be deficient by the absence of some part or thing, or to feel or have a need (sometimes followed by for ): He did not want for abilities.
[8] to have need (usually followed by for ): If you want for anything, let him know.
[9] to be in a state of destitution, need, or poverty: She would never allow her parents to want.
[10] to be lacking or absent, as a part or thing necessary to completeness: All that wants is his signature.
[11] something wanted or needed; necessity: My wants are few.
[12] something desired, demanded, or required: a person of childish, capricious wants.
[13] absence or deficiency of something desirable or requisite; lack: plants dying for want of rain.
[14] the state of being without something desired or needed; need: to be in want of an assistant.
[15] the state of being without the necessaries of life; destitution; poverty: a country where want is virtually unknown.
[16] a sense of lack or need of something: to feel a vague want.
[17] want in /out , Chiefly Midland . to desire to enter or leave: The cat wants in. Informal . to desire acceptance in or release from something specified: I talked with Louie about our plan, and he wants in.
[18] (tr) to feel a need or longing for I want a new hat
[19] (when tr, may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to wish, need, or desire (something or to do something) he wants to go home
[20] (intr usually used with a negative and often foll by for ) to be lacking or deficient (in something necessary or desirable) the child wants for nothing
[21] (tr) to feel the absence of lying on the ground makes me want my bed
[22] (tr) to fall short by (a specified amount)
[23] (tr) mainly British to have need of or require (doing or being something) your shoes want cleaning
[24] (intr) to be destitute
[25] (tr; often passive) to seek or request the presence of you're wanted upstairs
[26] (intr) to be absent
[27] (tr; takes an infinitive) informal should or ought (to do something) you don't want to go out so late
[28] want in informal to wish to be included in a venture
[29] want out informal to wish to be excluded from a venture
[30] the act or an instance of wanting
[31] anything that is needed, desired, or lacked to supply someone's wants
[32] a lack, shortage, or absence for want of common sense
[33] the state of being in need; destitution the state should help those in want
[34] a sense of lack; craving
[35] English dialect a mole

Words related to Want

need, wish, require, prefer, crave, choose, demand, longing, requirement, hankering, yen, hunger, thirst, yearning, fancy, necessity, appetite, craving, privation, defect

Words nearby Want

wanna, wannabe, wannabee, wanne-eickel, wannish, want, want ad, want for nothing, want in, want knap, want list

Origin of Want

1150–1200; Middle English wante < Old Norse vanta to lack

Words that may be confused with Want

unwanted, unwonted, want, wont

Other words from Want

want·er , noun
want·less , adjective
want·less·ness , noun
self-want , noun
un·want·ed , adjective

Word origin for Want

Old English wand

Synonyms for Want

need, wish, appetite, craving, demand, fancy, hankering, hunger, longing, necessity, requirement, thirst, yearning, yen