wants

NOUN

desire

Synonyms

STRONGEST

need wish

STRONG

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

Antonyms

STRONG

dislike distaste hate hatred indifference

WEAK

abundance disinterest plenty

NOUN

lack, need

Synonyms

STRONG

absence dearth default defect deficiency destitution exigency famine impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insufficiency meagerness neediness paucity pauperism penury poorness poverty privation scantiness scarcity shortage

WEAK

exiguousness skimpiness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence enough excess perfection plenty satisfaction sufficiency wealth

WEAK

disinterest dislike hate

VERB

desire

Synonyms

STRONGEST

choose crave need prefer require wish

STRONG

ache aspire covet fancy hanker hunger long lust pine thirst yearn

WEAK

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

STRONGEST

dislike hate have not want spurn

STRONG

despise

VERB

lack, need

Synonyms

STRONGEST

call for demand require

STRONG

miss starve

WEAK

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

Antonyms

WEAK

despise dislike hate have

Example Sentences

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Citi wants more clarity about the timing of Santos’s updated capital allocation framework.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Barnard has filed as an intervenor in the case, meaning it isn’t a party in the suit but wants to participate.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

“He wants a revolution,” Edwin Reyes, 42 years old, a bicycle-parts salesman, said at a Cepeda campaign rally in the capital.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

She just wants to be thought of as a hard worker and a good teammate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

There’s something about the way she looks at me, the softness in her eyes, that makes me believe she genuinely wants to help me.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam