want

/ˈwȯnt/

Middle English, from Old Norse vanta; akin to Old English wan deficient

verb

  1. to be needy or destitute

  2. to have or feel need

  3. to be necessary or needed

desire wish want crave covet mean to have a longing for. desire stresses the strength of feeling and often implies strong intention or aim. wish sometimes implies a general or transient longing especially for the unattainable.

noun

  1. deficiency, lack

  2. grave and extreme poverty that deprives one of the necessities of life

  3. something wanted : need, desire

suffers from a want of good sense

poverty indigence penury want destitution mean the state of one with insufficient resources. poverty may cover a range from extreme want of necessities to an absence of material comforts. indigence implies seriously straitened circumstances.

noun

  1. a newspaper advertisement stating that something (such as an employee, employment, or a specified item) is wanted