want

/wɑnt/ verbnoun
4 letters1 syllable7 points in Scrabble®8 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS9
VERB
1

Have need of.

“This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner”

2

Feel or have a desire for; want strongly.

“I want to go home now”

“I want my own room”

3

Be without, lack; be deficient in.

“want courtesy”

“want the strength to go on living”

4

Hunt or look for; want for a particular reason.

“Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI”

“Uncle Sam wants you”

5

Wish or demand the presence of.

“I want you here at noon!”

NOUN
1

Anything that is necessary but lacking.

“I tried to supply his wants”

2

A state of extreme poverty.

3

The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.

“for want of a nail the shoe was lost”

4

A specific feeling of desire.

WORD FORMS
Related formwanter
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®7 points
Words With Friends®8 points
Double word14 points
Triple word21 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinantway
Starts & ends withW … T
Syllableswant
SYNONYMS & RELATED11
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