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wantnoun the fact or state of being absentthe proverb that begins, "for want of a nail, the shoe was lost" absence, dearth, lack deficiency, deficit, failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, meagerness, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, skimpiness, undersupplydeprivation, loss, necessity, need, needfulness, omissionprivationblankness, emptiness, vacuity, vacuum, void presence abundance, amplitude, bounty, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plentitude, plenty, wealthadequacy, sufficiencyexcess, overabundance, oversupply, superabundance, surfeit, surplusdeluge, floodbushel, deal, gobs, heap, loads, lot, mass, mountain, much, oodles, peck, pile, pot, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, volume, wadfund, pool, stock, supplycache, hoard, stash, stockpile a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or numberthere's a notable want of teachers in that rural school district crunch, dearth, deficiency, deficit, drought(also drouth), failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, lack, lacuna, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply absence, omissionmeagerness, poorness, skimpinessnecessity, need, privation abundance, adequacy, amplitude, opulence, plenitude, plenty, sufficiency, wealth bountifulness, copiousnessexcess, overabundance, oversupply, surfeit, surplus a state of being without something necessary, desirable, or usefulthose children are in want of some good discipline absence, lack, need, needfulness deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiencydearth, meagerness, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, skimpinessdefect, minusdeprivation, famishment, privationdemand, essential, necessity, requirement, requisite adequacy, enough, sufficiencyfund, pool, stock, supplyexcess, fill, overabundance, oversupply, plenty, surfeit, surplushoard, stockpile the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessionsgrew up in extreme want beggary, destituteness, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, necessity, need, neediness, pauperism, penuriousness, penury, poorness, poverty gutter, misery, woe, wretchednessexigencyemergency, rainy dayausterity, deprivation, privationbankruptcy, insolvencybelt-tightening, pinching, straitening affluence, opulence, richness, wealth, wealthiness luxury, prosperity a defect in charactershe's well-meaning and kind, but her besetting want is a complete lack of tact demerit, dereliction, failing, fault, foible, frailty, shortcoming, sin, vice, weakness blot, spot, stainblemish, deficiency, flaw, imperfection, minus, nitAchilles' heel, soft spotcorruption, depravity, evil, immorality, sinfulness, wickedness feet of clay merit, virtue excellence, perfectiongoodness, integrity, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness to have an earnest wish to own or enjoyI want a new car so badly! ache (for), covet, crave, desiderate, desire, die (for), hanker (for or after), hunger (for), itch (for), jones (for)(slang), long (for), lust (for or after), pant (after), pine (for), repine (for), salivate (for), sigh (for), thirst (for), wish (for), yearn (for), yen (for) spoil (for)adore, delight (in), dig, enjoy, fancy, groove (on), like, love, relish, revel (in)favor, preferadmire, appreciate, cherish, prize, treasure, value set one's heart on abhor, abominate, despise, detest, execrate, hate, loathedecline, refuse, reject, spurn to have as a requirementthat stray cat wants food and a clean place to sleep bear, challenge, claim, demand, necessitate, need, require, take, warrant entail, involveask, beg, clamor (for), cry (for)hurt (for), lackcommand, enjoin, exact, insist, press, quest, stipulate call for have, hold own, possess to see fitdo what you want choose, like, please, will, wish ache (for), covet, crave, desire, die (for), fancy, hanker (for), hunger (for), itch (for), long (for), lust (for or after), pant (after), pine (for), repine (for), sigh (for), thirst (for), yearn (for)decide, determine, resolve to wish to haveI want some ice cream for dessert, please care (for), like adore, delight (in), dig, enjoy, fancy, groove (on), love, relish, revel (in), welcomecovet, crave, desire, die (for), hanker (for or after), wish (for), yearn (for) feel like n.poverty, indigence, penury, want, destitution mean the state of one with insufficient resources.poverty may cover a range from extreme want of necessities to an absence of material comforts.the extreme poverty of the slum dwellers indigence implies seriously straitened circumstances.the indigence of her years as a graduate student penury suggests a cramping or oppressive lack of money.a catastrophic illness that condemned them to years of penury want and destitution imply extreme poverty that threatens life itself through starvation or exposure.lived in a perpetual state of want the widespread destitution in countries beset by famine v.desire, wish, want, crave, covet mean to have a longing for.desire stresses the strength of feeling and often implies strong intention or aim.desires to start a new life wish sometimes implies a general or transient longing especially for the unattainable.wishes for permanent world peace want specifically suggests a felt need or lack.wants to have a family crave stresses the force of physical appetite or emotional need.craves sweets covet implies strong envious desire.covets his rise to fame in the 13th century |