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want
Overview of noun want
The noun want has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (3) privation, want, deprivation, neediness -- (a state of extreme poverty)
2. (1) lack, deficiency, want -- (the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost")
3. (1) need, want -- (anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants")
4. (1) wish, wishing, want -- (a specific feeling of desire; "he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire")
Overview of verb want
The verb want has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (1242) desire, want -- (feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room")
2. (124) want, need, require -- (have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner")
3. (12) want -- (wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!")
4. (9) want -- (hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you")
5. (5) want -- (be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun want
4 senses of want
Sense 1
privation, want, deprivation, neediness
=> poverty, poorness, impoverishment
=> financial condition, economic condition
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
lack, deficiency, want
=> need, demand
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
need, want
=> necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
wish, wishing, want
=> desire
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun want
2 of 4 senses of want
Sense 2
lack, deficiency, want
=> absence
=> dearth, famine, shortage
=> deficit
=> mineral deficiency
=> shortness
=> stringency, tightness
Sense 4
wish, wishing, want
=> velleity
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun want
4 senses of want
Sense 1
privation, want, deprivation, neediness
=> poverty, poorness, impoverishment
Sense 2
lack, deficiency, want
=> need, demand
Sense 3
need, want
=> necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
Sense 4
wish, wishing, want
=> desire
Antonyms of noun want
Member Holonyms of noun want
Substance Holonyms of noun want
Part Holonyms of noun want
Member Meronyms of noun want
Substance Meronyms of noun want
Part Meronyms of noun want
Meronyms of noun want
Holonyms of noun want
Attributes of noun want
Derived Forms of noun want
4 senses of want
Sense 1
privation, want, deprivation, neediness
RELATED TO>(verb) want#5
=> want
Sense 2
lack, deficiency, want
RELATED TO>(verb) want#5
=> want
RELATED TO>(verb) want#2
=> want, need, require
Sense 3
need, want
RELATED TO>(verb) want#5
=> want
RELATED TO>(verb) want#2
=> want, need, require
Sense 4
wish, wishing, want
RELATED TO>(verb) want#1
=> desire, want
RELATED TO>(verb) want#3
=> want
Domain of noun want
Domain Terms of noun want
Familiarity of noun want
want used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun want
4 senses of want
Sense 1
privation, want, deprivation, neediness
> poverty, poorness, impoverishment
=> privation, want, deprivation, neediness
=> destitution
=> indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization
=> impecuniousness, pennilessness, penuriousness
Sense 2
lack, deficiency, want
> need, demand
=> lack, deficiency, want
=> necessity
Sense 3
need, want
> necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
=> desideratum
=> must
=> need, want
Sense 4
wish, wishing, want
> desire
=> ambition, aspiration, dream
=> bloodlust
=> temptation
=> craving
=> wish, wishing, want
=> longing, yearning, hungriness
=> sexual desire, eros, concupiscence, physical attraction
=> urge, itch
=> caprice, impulse, whim
Meronyms of noun want
4 senses of want
Holonyms of noun want
Grep of noun want
want
want ad
wanted notice
wanted poster
wanter
wanton
wantonness
Antonyms of verb want
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb want
5 senses of want
Sense 1
desire, want
Sense 2
want, need, require
=> be
Sense 3
want
=> demand
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Sense 4
want
=> search, seek, look for
Sense 5
want
=> miss, lack
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb want
2 of 5 senses of want
Sense 1
desire, want
=> crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust
=> fancy, go for, take to
=> miss
=> hope
=> wish
=> wish, wish well
=> wish, care, like
=> itch, spoil
=> like
=> ambition
=> feel like
=> envy, begrudge
=> lust after, lech after
=> hanker, long, yearn
=> seek
Sense 2
want, need, require
=> cry
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb want
5 senses of want
Sense 1
desire, want
Sense 2
want, need, require
=> be
Sense 3
want
=> demand
Sense 4
want
=> search, seek, look for
Sense 5
want
=> miss, lack
'Cause To' of verb want
Derived Forms of verb want
5 senses of want
Sense 1
desire, want
RELATED TO>(noun) wanter#1
=> wanter, needer
RELATED TO>(noun) want#4
=> wish, wishing, want
Sense 2
want, need, require
RELATED TO>(noun) wanter#1
=> wanter, needer
RELATED TO>(noun) want#2
=> lack, deficiency, want
RELATED TO>(noun) want#3
=> need, want
Sense 3
want
RELATED TO>(noun) wanter#1
=> wanter, needer
RELATED TO>(noun) want#4
=> wish, wishing, want
Sense 4
want
RELATED TO>(noun) wanter#1
=> wanter, needer
Sense 5
want
RELATED TO>(noun) wanter#1
=> wanter, needer
RELATED TO>(noun) want#2
=> lack, deficiency, want
RELATED TO>(noun) want#1
=> privation, want, deprivation, neediness
RELATED TO>(noun) want#3
=> need, want
Domain of verb want
Domain Terms of verb want
Familiarity of verb want
want used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb want
5 senses of want
Sense 1
desire, want
EX: They want him to write the letter
Sense 2
want, need, require
EX: They want more bread
EX: They want him to write the letter
EX: They want to move
Sense 3
want
EX: They want him to write the letter
Sense 4
want
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 5
want
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb want
4 of 5 senses of want
Sense 2
want, need, require
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 3
want
> demand
=> want
=> ask, require, expect
=> clamor, clamour
=> dun
=> ask
Sense 4
want
> search, seek, look for
=> dredge, drag
=> finger
=> grope, fumble
=> divine
=> browse, surf
=> leave no stone unturned
=> hunt
=> gather
=> want
=> scour
=> seek out
=> quest for, go after, quest after, pursue
=> fish, angle
=> grub
=> feel
=> shop, browse
Sense 5
want
> miss, lack
=> want
=> exclude
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb want
Sense 3
want
=> demand
Sense 4
want
=> search, seek, look for
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Sense 1
desire, want
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Sense 2
want, need, require
=> be
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Sense 5
want
=> miss, lack
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Grep of verb want
want
wanton
wanton away
Grep of adj want
wanted
wanting
wanton
Grep of adv want
wantonly
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