Want

Definition:

(v. i.) The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing.
(v. i.) Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.
(v. i.) That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure.
(v. i.) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
(v. t.) To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing.
(v. t.) To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes.
(v. t.) To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
(v. i.) To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four.
(v. i.) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.

Compare want with other words:

expect vs. want

arrogating vs. want

want vs. whatever

shortage vs. want

necessitied vs. want

want vs. wantless

personification vs. want

prefer vs. want

dearth vs. want

ambition vs. want

demand vs. want

intend vs. want

disesteem vs. want

commodious vs. want

desiring vs. want

forestall vs. want

hanker vs. want

scarcity vs. want

penury vs. want

suffice vs. want

necessity vs. want

deprivation vs. want

commiseration vs. want

pleasure vs. want

absence vs. want

longing vs. want

want vs. wanting

want vs. wanted

require vs. want

colloquial vs. want

lacking vs. want

desire vs. want

gobble vs. want