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
NOUNWish or demand the presence of.
“I want you here at noon!”
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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