I once wanted to be an astrophysicist.
Source: tatoeba (1316)
Wanted
//ˈwɑntɪd//
Synonyms for "wanted" (33 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (16)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesdbpedia genre
3 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
15 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- желан adj (desired)
- нужен adj (desired)
- търсен adj (subject to immediate detainment)
Catalan
1 entries- buscat adj (subject to immediate detainment)
Cebuano
2 entries- gipangita adj (subject to immediate detainment)
- wanted adj (subject to immediate detainment)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 通緝 /通缉 adj (subject to immediate detainment)
Esperanto
1 entries- reserĉata adj (subject to immediate detainment)
Finnish
4 entries- etsintäkuulutettu adj (subject to immediate detainment)
- etsitty adj (desired)
- haluttu adj (desired)
- toivottu adj (desired)
French
1 entries- recherché adj (subject to immediate detainment)
Georgian
1 entries- ძებნილი adj (subject to immediate detainment)
German
3 entries- ersehnt adj (desired)
- erwünscht adj (desired)
- gewünscht adj (desired)
Hindi
2 entries- वांछित adj (desired)
- वांछित adj (subject to immediate detainment)
Hungarian
4 entries- akart adj (desired)
- kívánt adj (desired)
- körözés alatt álló adj (subject to immediate detainment)
- körözött adj (subject to immediate detainment)
Icelandic
1 entries- eftirlýstur adj (subject to immediate detainment)
Japanese
1 entries- 指名手配中 adj (subject to immediate detainment)
Malay
1 entries- dikehendaki adj (subject to immediate detainment)
Polish
3 entries- chciany adj (desired)
- poszukiwany adj (subject to immediate detainment)
- pożądany adj (desired)
Portuguese
1 entries- procurado adj (subject to immediate detainment)
Russian
4 entries- жела́емый adj (desired)
- жела́нный adj (desired)
- ну́жный adj (desired)
- разы́скиваемый adj (subject to immediate detainment)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- tražen adj (subject to immediate detainment)
- željen adj (desired)
Spanish
2 entries- buscado adj (subject to immediate detainment)
- deseado adj (desired)
Swedish
3 entries- efterlyst adj (desired)
- efterlyst adj (subject to immediate detainment)
- eftersökt adj (desired)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
You wanted to tell me about freedom?
Source: tatoeba (1410)
If I wanted to scare you, I would tell you what I dreamt about a few weeks ago.
Source: tatoeba (1412)
I just wanted to check my email.
Source: tatoeba (1488)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.