Thesaurus / wants
FEEDBACKsynonyms for wants
synonyms for wants
- privation
- defect
- dearth
- famine
- neediness
- scarcity
- meagerness
- inadequacy
- indigence
- absence
- impoverishment
- exigency
- destitution
- paucity
- insufficiency
- poverty
- poorness
- impecuniousness
- deficiency
- default
- scantiness
- shortage
- penury
- pauperism
- exiguousness
- skimpiness
- wish
- require
- prefer
- crave
- choose
- need
- fancy
- hunger
- covet
- pine
- hanker
- lust
- yearn
- long
- aspire
- ache
- thirst
- 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
- require
- call for
- demand
- miss
- starve
- 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 for wants
MOST RELEVANT
- disinterest
- excess
- hate
- dislike
- satisfaction
- affluence
- wealth
- enough
- adequacy
- sufficiency
- plenty
- abundance
- perfection
- advantage
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Who wants to peruse fictitious adventures, when railroads and steamboats woo him to adventures of his own?
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThe observer might well remain perplexed at the pathetic discord between human work and human wants.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKThus among the huge mass of accumulated commodities the simplest wants would go unsatisfied.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKAber Jeder will grossartig spielen heutzutage (But everybody wants to play on a grand scale now-a-days).
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYThimbletoes doesn't fancy that, you know, because the Prime Minister has all the honey he wants, by way of a salary.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLIt loses all its value just as soon as there is enough of it to satisfy, and over-satisfy the wants of humanity.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKBut let it be noted that the "enough" here in question does not mean enough to satisfy human wants.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCK"Jack wants you to go for a walk," announced Miss Thangue, who saw no occasion for subtlety.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONModerate salaries prevailed, but the sovereign was worth much more then than now, while wants were fewer.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWAnd now notice the peculiar relation that is set up between the monopolist's production and the satisfaction of human wants.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCK