want
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a state of extreme poverty
Types & categories
- impoverishment hypernym
Related & opposite
- impoverish derivation
- strip derivation
- want derivation
- needy derivation
Sense 2 verb
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
I want to go home now
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
Types & categories
- need hypernym
- absence hyponym
- dearth hyponym
- deficit hyponym
- mineral deficiency hyponym
- shortness hyponym
- stringency hyponym
Related & opposite
- need derivation
- lack derivation
- want derivation
- substandard derivation
Sense 4 verb
have need of
This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- essential derivation
- need derivation
- wanter derivation
- need derivation
- deficiency derivation
Sense 5 noun
anything that is necessary but lacking
he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs
Types & categories
- essential hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
hunt or look for; want for a particular reason
Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI
Types & categories
- search hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
a specific feeling of desire
he got his wish
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
wish or demand the presence of
I want you here at noon!
Types & categories
- demand hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 verb
be without, lack; be deficient in
want courtesy
Types & categories
- lack hypernym
Related & opposite
- need derivation
- wanter derivation
- deficiency derivation
- privation derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | impoverish |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | strip |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | want |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | needy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | impoverishment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | desire |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | desire |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wish |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wanter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | desire |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lust |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | take to |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | miss |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hope |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wish well |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | like |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | itch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | like |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ambition |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | feel like |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | begrudge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lust after |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | yearn |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | seek |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lack |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | want |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | substandard |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | need |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | absence |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dearth |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | deficit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mineral deficiency |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shortness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stringency |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | essential |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wanter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | deficiency |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cry |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | want |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | essential |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | wanter |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | want |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | search |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | want |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | wish |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | wish |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | wish well |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | like |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | desire |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | desire |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | velleity |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | wish |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | wanter |
| 8 | verb group | Related & opposite | want |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | demand |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | wanter |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | deficiency |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | privation |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | lack |