Definition: a specific feeling of desire
Usage: he got his wish; he was above all wishing and desire
Similar words: desire
Definition: the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
Definition: anything that is necessary but lacking
Usage: he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs; I tried to supply his wants
Similar words: necessary, necessity, essential, requirement, requisite
Definition: anything indispensable
Usage: food and shelter are necessities of life; the essentials of the good life; allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions; a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained
Synonyms: deficiency, lack, want
Definition: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
Usage: there is a serious lack of insight into the problem; water is the critical deficiency in desert regions; for want of a nail the shoe was lost
Definition: a condition requiring relief
Usage: she satisfied his need for affection; God has no need of men to accomplish His work; there is a demand for jobs
Synonyms: privation, neediness, deprivation, want
Definition: a state of extreme poverty
Similar words: poverty, poorness, impoverishment
Definition: the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
Synonyms: want
Definition: wish or demand the presence of
Usage: I want you here at noon!
Similar words: demand
Definition: request urgently and forcefully
Usage: The victim's family is demanding compensation; The boss demanded that he be fired immediately; She demanded to see the manager
Definition: have need of
Usage: This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer
Synonyms: want
Definition: hunt or look for; want for a particular reason
Usage: Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI; Uncle Sam wants you
Similar words: look for, search, seek
Definition: try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
Usage: The police are searching for clues; They are searching for the missing man in the entire county
Synonyms: want
Definition: be without, lack; be deficient in
Usage: want courtesy; want the strength to go on living; flood victims wanting food and shelter
Definition: be without
Usage: This soup lacks salt; There is something missing in my jewelry box!