want

want is a 4-letter English word with 19 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. 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.
2. intransitive verb. Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.
3. intransitive verb. 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.
4. intransitive verb. A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
5. transitive verb. 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.
6. transitive verb. 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.
7. transitive verb. To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
8. intransitive verb. 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.
9. intransitive verb. To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
10. A colloquial contraction of was not.
11. noun. a specific feeling of desire

    "he got his wish"

    "he was above all wishing and desire"

    Synonyms: wish, wishing

12. noun. anything that is necessary but lacking

    "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"

    "I tried to supply his wants"

    Synonyms: need

13. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: deficiency, lack

14. noun. a state of extreme poverty

    Synonyms: deprivation, neediness, privation

15. verb. wish or demand the presence of

    "I want you here at noon!"

16. verb. have need of

    "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"

    Synonyms: need, require

17. verb. hunt or look for; want for a particular reason

    "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"

    "Uncle Sam wants you"

18. verb. feel or have a desire for; want strongly

    "I want to go home now"

    "I want my own room"

    Synonyms: desire

19. verb. be without, lack; be deficient in

    "want courtesy"

    "want the strength to go on living"

Synonyms

wish, wishing, need, deficiency, lack, deprivation, neediness, privation, require, desire

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in want:

nawt, tawn

Common word forms

wants, wanted, wanter, wantful, wanting, wantless

Words from these letters

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