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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"We have to find new motivation from this pressure. If everyone wants Tottenham relegated, it's a big motivation for me and I hope for my players as well," he told a news conference.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

"Spain wants change," the party's national leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo said on Monday after final results in Andalusia were released.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

If the government wants to know whether a model can meaningfully assist cyberattacks, biological misuse or autonomous weapons development, it shouldn’t publish a checklist every lab can optimize against and every adversary can study.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Neuralink wants to put a BCI in an ”otherwise healthy person” by the end of the decade, the company’s president and co-founder, DJ Seo, said last year.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

He doesn’t quite smile, but I can tell he wants to.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith