It's because you don't want to be alone.
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Want
//wɒnt//
Synonyms for "want" (289 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (58)
Strong matches (87)
come shortconcupiscencecovetcry forcry out forcuriositydearly love todeclinedefalcationdefaultdefectdefectibilitydefectivenessdeficitdemand fordeprivationdeservedesideratedesiderationdesideratum
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destitutiondiscontinuitydrivedroughteagernessempty purseenvyerroneousnessessentialessentialsexactexigencyexiguousnessexpectexpectationfailfail offall awayfall shortfall shyfallibilityfaminefancyfantasyfaultinessfavorfeelfollowgapgo on welfaregrinding povertygripehand-to-mouth existencehankerhardshiphave a mind tohave designs onhave nothing onhave occasion forhave tohiatushomelessnesshopehormeimmaturityimpairmentimpecuniousnessimperfectionimpoverishmentimpurityinaccuracyinadequacyinadequatenessinclined
Noun(3 words)
Related words (144)
incompletenessindigenceindispensableinexactitudeinexactnessinsufficiencyintellectual curiosityintervalitchitch tokeenkick the beamlacunalaglibidolikelike tolonglong tolook for
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lose groundlovelove tolustlust afterlust for learningmeagernessmeanmediocritymendicancymindmissmissing linkmoneylessnessmust itemnecessariesnecessitiesnecessitousnessnecessityneed forneed toneedinessnevernessnonexistencenonoccurrencenonpresencenot answernot approachnot come nearnot comparenot hack itnot make itnot make outnot measure upnot qualifynot stretchnot sufficenowherenessoccasionomissionoutagepantpassionpatchinesspauperismpauperizationpenurypinchplay second fiddlepleasepleasurepleasure principlepoorpoornesspovertypreferprerequireprerequirementprerequisiterank underrequirementrequisiterequisitionrun shortrun short ofscantinesssearchserveset one's heart onsexual desireshortageshortcomingshortfallsketchinessskimpinessslumpstarvationstarvestop shortsubservesubtractiontake doingtake tothe necessarythe needfulthirst for knowledgeullageundevelopmentunevennessunperfectednessunsoundnessurgewant doingwant towantagewantingwaywillwill and pleasurewish fulfillmentwish towish to goodnesswish very muchwithoutwould fain dowould likeyearn
How these synonyms differ
- crave - 'Crave' is want amplified by intensity and often by lack, you crave what you've been denied or what you cannot easily have.
- desire - 'Desire' is deeper and more urgent, it implies a pull you feel emotionally or physically, not just a preference.
- wish - 'Wish' is gentler and more passive, you wish for things you may not pursue, while wanting usually implies you'd act if you could.
- yearn - 'Yearn' is want laced with aching emotion, a deep, persistent longing for something distant, lost, or seemingly unattainable.
Related word relations
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More general
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
More specific
5 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
derived
48 entriesShowing 16 of 48 words.
distinct from
37 entriesShowing 16 of 37 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesholonym
2 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
371 translations across 173 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- wil verb (to desire)
Albanian
1 entries- dua verb (to desire)
Amharic
1 entries- መፈለግ verb (to desire)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- βούλομαι verb (to desire)
- ἐθέλω verb (to desire)
Arabic
4 entries- أَرَادَ verb (to desire)
- بد verb (to desire)
- بغى verb (to desire)
- بِغي verb (to desire)
Aragonese
2 entries- querer verb (to desire)
- voler verb (to desire)
Archi
1 entries- кьан verb (to desire)
Armenian
4 entries- կարիք noun (lack (of))
- կարիք noun (poverty — see also poverty)
- պակաս noun (lack (of))
- ուզել verb (to desire)
Aromanian
1 entries- voi verb (to desire)
Asturian
1 entries- querer verb (to desire)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- istəmək verb (to desire)
Bakhtiari
1 entries- خواستن verb (to desire)
Basque
1 entries- nahi izan verb (to desire)
Belarusian
4 entries- жада́ць verb (to desire)
- захаце́ць verb (to desire)
- пажада́ць verb (to desire)
- хаце́ць verb (to desire)
Bengali
2 entries- ইচ্ছা noun (desire, wish, longing)
- চাওয়া verb (to desire)
Bislama
1 entries- wantem verb (to desire)
Breton
1 entries- fellout verb (to desire)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бе́дност noun (poverty — see also poverty)
- желание noun (desire, wish, longing)
- липса noun (lack (of))
- лишение noun (poverty — see also poverty)
Burmese
4 entries- ချင် verb (to desire)
- လို verb (to desire)
- လိုချင် verb (to desire)
- အလို verb (to desire)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- хотї́ти verb (to desire)
Catalan
2 entries- desig noun (desire, wish, longing)
- voler verb (to desire)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- خواستن verb (to desire)
Chadian Arabic
1 entries- دور verb (to desire)
Chechen
2 entries- еза verb (to desire)
- лаа verb (to desire)
Cheyenne
1 entries- ho'ahe verb (to desire)
Chinese
4 entries- щён verb (to desire)
- ё verb (to desire)
- 想欲 verb (to desire)
- 愛 /爱 verb (to desire)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 想 verb (to desire)
- 想要 verb (to desire)
- 愛 /爱 verb (to desire)
- 要 verb (to desire)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 想 verb (to desire)
- 想要 verb (to desire)
- 要 verb (to desire)
- 需要 verb (to desire)
Church Slavic
2 entries- хотѣти verb (to desire)
- ⱈⱁⱅⱑⱅⰻ verb (to desire)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- nequi verb (to desire)
Corsican
1 entries- vulè verb (to desire)
Czech
1 entries- chtít verb (to desire)
Dalmatian
1 entries- blaire verb (to desire)
Danish
4 entries- behov noun (poverty — see also poverty)
- brist noun (lack (of))
- ønske noun (desire, wish, longing)
- kræve verb (to desire)
Dari
1 entries- خَواسْتَن verb (to desire)
Dutch
3 entries- behoefte noun (desire, wish, longing)
- tekort noun (lack (of))
- willen verb (to desire)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 欲 verb (to desire)
Esperanto
2 entries- deziri verb (to desire)
- voli verb (to desire)
Estonian
2 entries- soovima verb (to desire)
- tahtma verb (to desire)
Fijian
1 entries- vinakata verb (to desire)
Finnish
4 entries- halu noun (desire, wish, longing)
- kaipuu noun (desire, wish, longing)
- köyhyys noun (poverty — see also poverty)
- puute noun (lack (of))
French
4 entries- besoin noun (desire, wish, longing)
- désir noun (desire, wish, longing)
- manque noun (lack (of))
- misère noun (poverty — see also poverty)
Friulian
1 entries- volê verb (to desire)
Galician
3 entries- desexo noun (desire, wish, longing)
- vontade noun (desire, wish, longing)
- querer verb (to desire)
Gamilaraay
1 entries- nginda verb (to desire)
Georgian
1 entries- სურვილი verb (to desire)
German
4 entries- Mangel noun (lack (of))
- Not noun (desire, wish, longing)
- Not noun (poverty — see also poverty)
- wollen verb (to desire)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰 noun (lack (of))
- 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to desire)
Greek
1 entries- θέλω verb (to desire)
Gujarati
1 entries- જોઈવું verb (to desire)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- vle verb (to desire)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 想愛 /想爱 verb (to desire)
- 愛 /爱 verb (to desire)
Hawaiian
1 entries- makemake verb (to desire)
Hebrew
2 entries- חָפֵץ verb (to desire)
- רָצָה verb (to desire)
Hindi
4 entries- आशा noun (desire, wish, longing)
- इच्छा noun (desire, wish, longing)
- कामना noun (desire, wish, longing)
- ग़रीबी noun (poverty — see also poverty)
Hungarian
1 entries- akar verb (to desire)
Icelandic
1 entries- vilja verb (to desire)
Ido
2 entries- dezirar verb (to desire)
- volar verb (to desire)
Indonesian
3 entries- hendak verb (to desire)
- mau verb (to desire)
- menginginkan verb (to desire)
Ingrian
4 entries- halu noun (desire, wish, longing)
- himo noun (desire, wish, longing)
- iso noun (desire, wish, longing)
- ohvotta noun (desire, wish, longing)
Interlingua
1 entries- voler verb (to desire)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- خواسْتَن verb (to desire)
Irish
4 entries- ar an gcaolchuid noun (poverty — see also poverty)
- ceal noun (lack (of))
- díothacht noun (poverty — see also poverty)
- bheith ag iarraidh verb (to desire)
Italian
4 entries- mancanza noun (lack (of))
- miseria noun (poverty — see also poverty)
- povertà noun (poverty — see also poverty)
- voglia noun (desire, wish, longing)
Japanese
3 entries- 望む verb (to desire)
- 欲しい verb (to desire)
- 欲する verb (to desire)
Kabyle
1 entries- bɣu verb (to desire)
Kaitag
1 entries- бикка́ра verb (to desire)
Kansa
1 entries- góⁿya verb (to desire)
Kashubian
1 entries- chcec verb (to desire)
Kazakh
3 entries- келу verb (to desire)
- тілеу verb (to desire)
- қалау verb (to desire)
Khmer
1 entries- ចង់ verb (to desire)
Korean
4 entries- 고 싶다 verb (to desire)
- 바라다 verb (to desire)
- 빌다 verb (to desire)
- 싶다 verb (to desire)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- каалоо verb (to desire)
- келүү verb (to desire)
Ladin
2 entries- volei verb (to desire)
- voler verb (to desire)
Lao
3 entries- ຕ້ອງການ verb (to desire)
- ຢາກ verb (to desire)
- ເອົາ verb (to desire)
Latin
2 entries- inopia noun (lack (of))
- volō verb (to desire)
Latvian
2 entries- gribēt verb (to desire)
- vēlēties verb (to desire)
Lezgi
1 entries- кӏан хьун verb (to desire)
Ligurian
1 entries- voéi verb (to desire)
Lithuanian
1 entries- norė́ti verb (to desire)
Lombard
1 entries- vorè verb (to desire)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- kśěś verb (to desire)
Lü
3 entries- ᦀᧁ verb (to desire)
- ᦊᦱᧅ verb (to desire)
- ᦎᦸᧂᧉᦂᦱᧃ verb (to desire)
Macedonian
1 entries- са́ка verb (to desire)
Malay
4 entries- kemahuan noun (desire, wish, longing)
- hendak verb (to desire)
- ingin verb (to desire)
- mahu verb (to desire)
Malayalam
2 entries- ആഗ്രഹം noun (desire, wish, longing)
- ആഗ്രഹിക്കുക verb (to desire)
Maltese
1 entries- ried verb (to desire)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- utsaha verb (to desire)
Maranao
1 entries- ngena verb (to desire)
Mauritian Creole
1 entries- oule verb (to desire)
Megleno-Romanian
1 entries- voi verb (to desire)
Middle English
1 entries- willen verb (to desire)
Mongolian
1 entries- дурлах verb (to desire)
Māori
1 entries- hiahia verb (to desire)
Nahuatl
1 entries- nequi verb (to desire)
Neapolitan
1 entries- vulè verb (to desire)
Nepali
1 entries- चाहनु verb (to desire)
Norman
1 entries- vouler verb (to desire)
North Frisian
1 entries- wel verb (to desire)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- viyan verb (to desire)
- xwestin verb (to desire)
Northern Thai
3 entries- ᨲᩬ᩶ᨦᨠᩣ᩠ᩁ verb (to desire)
- ᩀᩣ᩠ᨠ verb (to desire)
- ᩐᩣ verb (to desire)
Norwegian
2 entries- behov noun (poverty — see also poverty)
- mangel noun (lack (of))
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ville verb (to desire)
- ønske verb (to desire)
Nǀuu
3 entries- ǂao verb (to desire)
- ǂau verb (to desire)
- ǂxaqake verb (to desire)
Occitan
1 entries- voler verb (to desire)
Odia
1 entries- ଚାହିବା verb (to desire)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- хотѣти verb (to desire)
Old English
1 entries- willan verb (to desire)
Old Frisian
1 entries- willa verb (to desire)
Old Irish
1 entries- ad·cobra verb (to desire)
Old Saxon
1 entries- willian verb (to desire)
Old Tupi
1 entries- potar verb (to desire)
Oromo
2 entries- barbaaduu verb (to desire)
- fedhuu verb (to desire)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- نقصان noun (lack (of))
- یوقسوللق noun (poverty — see also poverty)
- استمك verb (to desire)
Pannonian Rusyn
3 entries- глєдац verb (to desire)
- жадац verb (to desire)
- сцец verb (to desire)
Pashto
1 entries- غوښتل verb (to desire)
Persian
4 entries- آرزو noun (desire, wish, longing)
- بینوایی noun (poverty — see also poverty)
- تنگدستی noun (poverty — see also poverty)
- خواست noun (desire, wish, longing)
Piedmontese
1 entries- vorej verb (to desire)
Pipil
1 entries- neki verb (to desire)
Polish
2 entries- chcieć verb (to desire)
- życzyć verb (to desire)
Portuguese
4 entries- afã noun (desire, wish, longing)
- falta noun (lack (of))
- pobreza noun (poverty — see also poverty)
- vontade noun (desire, wish, longing)
Quechua
1 entries- munay verb (to desire)
Romagnol
1 entries- vlér verb (to desire)
Romani
1 entries- kamel verb (to desire)
Romanian
2 entries- lipsă (de) noun (lack (of))
- vrea verb (to desire)
Romansch
4 entries- leir verb (to desire)
- ler verb (to desire)
- vulair verb (to desire)
- vuleir verb (to desire)
Russian
4 entries- бе́дность noun (poverty — see also poverty)
- жела́ние noun (desire, wish, longing)
- недоста́ток noun (lack (of))
- нищета́ noun (poverty — see also poverty)
Sanskrit
2 entries- इच्छति verb (to desire)
- वष्टि verb (to desire)
Sardinian
4 entries- apèddiu noun (desire, wish, longing)
- bolli verb (to desire)
- bòlere verb (to desire)
- bòliri verb (to desire)
Scots
1 entries- puirtith noun (poverty — see also poverty)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- cion noun (lack (of))
- easbhaidh noun (lack (of))
- gainne noun (lack (of))
- gainnead noun (lack (of))
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- htjȅti verb (to desire)
- htȅti verb (to desire)
- хте̏ти verb (to desire)
- хтје̏ти verb (to desire)
Sicilian
1 entries- vuliri verb (to desire)
Sinhalese
1 entries- අඩුව පවතිනවා verb (to desire)
Slovak
1 entries- chcieť verb (to desire)
Slovene
2 entries- pomanjkanje noun (lack (of))
- hoteti verb (to desire)
Sotho
1 entries- batla verb (to desire)
Southern Altai
1 entries- тилеер verb (to desire)
Spanish
4 entries- afán noun (desire, wish, longing)
- anhelo noun (desire, wish, longing)
- deseo noun (desire, wish, longing)
- egestad noun (poverty — see also poverty)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- wani verb (to desire)
Sudanese Arabic
1 entries- داير verb (to desire)
Swahili
1 entries- taka verb (to desire)
Swedish
2 entries- brist noun (lack (of))
- vilja verb (to desire)
Tagalog
4 entries- gusto noun (desire, wish, longing)
- ibig noun (desire, wish, longing)
- kagustuhan noun (desire, wish, longing)
- nais noun (desire, wish, longing)
Tajik
1 entries- хостан verb (to desire)
Tamil
1 entries- வேண்டு verb (to desire)
Tatar
1 entries- теләргә verb (to desire)
Telugu
4 entries- కోరిక noun (lack (of))
- వాంఛ noun (lack (of))
- కోరుకొను verb (to desire)
- వాంఛించు verb (to desire)
Thai
3 entries- ต้องการ verb (to desire)
- อยาก verb (to desire)
- เอา verb (to desire)
Tibetan
4 entries- དགོས verb (to desire)
- འཁོ verb (to desire)
- འཁོ་བ verb (to desire)
- འདོད verb (to desire)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kulyp verb (to desire)
Turkish
2 entries- istek noun (desire, wish, longing)
- istemek verb (to desire)
Turkmen
2 entries- gereklemek verb (to desire)
- islemek verb (to desire)
Tuvan
1 entries- күзээр verb (to desire)
Tày
1 entries- ái verb (to desire)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бажа́ти verb (to desire)
- хоті́ти verb (to desire)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- chcyć verb (to desire)
- zechcyć verb (to desire)
Urdu
1 entries- چاہْنا verb (to desire)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئىستىمەك verb (to desire)
- خالىماق verb (to desire)
Uzbek
2 entries- istamoq verb (to desire)
- xohlamoq verb (to desire)
Venetan
2 entries- voler verb (to desire)
- vołer verb (to desire)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cần verb (to desire)
- muốn verb (to desire)
Volapük
1 entries- vilön verb (to desire)
Walloon
1 entries- voleur verb (to desire)
Welsh
2 entries- bod am verb (to desire)
- bod eisiau verb (to desire)
West-Frisian
1 entries- wolle verb (to desire)
Yaghnobi
1 entries- хоҳак verb (to desire)
Yemeni Arabic
1 entries- يِشْتِي verb (to desire)
Yiddish
1 entries- וועלן verb (to desire)
Yoruba
1 entries- fẹ́ verb (to desire)
Yucatec Maya
1 entries- k'áat verb (to desire)
Zazaki
1 entries- waştene (diq) verb (to desire)
Zhuang
1 entries- aeu verb (to desire)
Sample sentences
59 total sentences available.
I don't want to be lame; I want to be cool!!
Source: tatoeba (1336)
When I grow up, I want to be a king.
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I don't want to lose my ideas, even though some of them are a bit extreme.
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