Definitions For Want

noun

  • A specific feeling of desire
  • Anything that is necessary but lacking
  • The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
  • A state of extreme poverty
  • The state or condition of not having any or enough of something
  • Something that is desired or needed
  • The state or condition of being poor

verb

  • Wish or demand the presence of
  • Have need of
  • Hunt or look for; want for a particular reason
  • Feel or have a desire for; want strongly
  • Be without, lack; be deficient in
  • To desire or wish for (something)
  • To need (something)
  • To be without (something needed)

Is Wants a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
9

The word Want is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Want in a Sentence

  • Do you want more coffee?
  • He wants a bicycle for his birthday.
  • I just wanted a chance to rest.
  • His attitude shows a want of proper respect.
  • He is suffering from want of adequate sleep.
  • People who are living in want

Synonyms for Want

Antonyms for Wants

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