Related Words for not for want of

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able
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
absence
/x
Noun
absent
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
absolutely
xx/x
Adverb
ache
/
Noun, Verb
actually
/xxx
Adverb
addition
x/x
Noun
advocate
/xx
Noun, Verb
again
x/
Adverb
aim
/
Noun, Verb
allow
x/
Verb
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
always
/x
Adverb
ambition
x/x
Noun, Verb
and
x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
anna
/x
Name
annoyance
x/x
Noun
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
application
xx/x
Noun
ask
/
Verb, Noun
aspire
x/
Verb
attempt
x/
Noun, Verb
atypical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
avoid
x/
Verb
await
x/
Verb, Noun
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
badly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
bagged
/
Adjective
barely
/x
Adverb
battalion
x/x
Noun, Verb
begrudge
x/
Verb
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blame
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
borne
/
Adjective, Noun
brigade
x/
Noun, Verb
but
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
call
/
Verb, Noun
care
/
Noun, Verb
carelessness
/xx
Noun
certainly
/xx
Adverb
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
choose
/
Verb, Noun
chorus
/x
Noun, Verb
claim
/
Noun, Verb
clocked
/
Adjective
combinational
xx/xx
Adjective
come
/
Verb, Noun
completely
x/x
Adverb
confusion
x/x
Noun
corned
/
Adjective
crave
/
Verb, Noun
cry
/
Noun, Verb
currently
/xx
Adverb
danger
/x
Noun, Verb
dearth
/
Noun
decide
x/
Verb
deficiency
x/xx
Noun
demand
x/
Noun, Verb
denying
x/x
Noun
deprivation
xx/x
Noun
desirable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
desire
x/x
Noun, Verb
desirous
x/x
Adjective
destitution
/xxx
Noun
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
discouragement
x/xx
Noun
discredit
x/x
Verb, Noun
distress
x/
Noun, Verb
diviner
x/x
Noun
divisible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
does
/
Noun
don
/
Name, Verb
dread
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dream
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
drink
/
Noun, Verb
drown
/
Verb, Noun
eat
/
Verb, Noun
either
/x
Adverb
else
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
embarrassment
x/xx
Noun
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
envy
/x
Noun, Verb
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
ever
/x
Adverb, Adjective
except
x/
Verb
excluded
x/x
Verb
expect
x/
Verb
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
failure
/x
Noun
fake
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
false
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
famine
/x
Noun
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
favour
/x
Noun, Verb
feel
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
feel like
//
Phrase, Verb
few
/
Noun
flop
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
footsteps
/x
Noun
forbidden
/xx
Adjective
forget
x/
Verb, Noun
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
furnish
/x
Verb, Noun
gave
/
Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
god
/
Name, Verb
gonna
/x
Verb
gotta
/x
Verb, Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hardly
/x
Adverb
hate
/
Verb, Noun
have
/
Verb, Noun
heading
/x
Noun
hear
/
Verb
heil
/
Name, Verb
henceforth
//
Adverb
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hope
/
Noun, Verb
how
/
Adverb, Noun
however
x/x
Adverb
huh
/
Noun
hunger
/x
Noun, Verb
ill
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
immaterial
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
impossible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
inappropriate
xx/xx
Adjective
incorporeal
x/xx
Adjective
indivisible
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
infirmity
x/xx
Noun
informal
x/x
Adjective
insist
x/
Verb
instead
x/
Adverb
insufficiently
xx/xx
Adverb
intend
x/
Verb
intent
x/
Noun, Adjective
interest
/x
Noun, Verb
is
/
Verb, Noun
it
/
Noun, Adjective
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
keep
/
Verb, Noun
know
/
Verb, Noun
lack
/
Noun, Verb
leap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
least
/
Adverb, Noun
let
/
Verb, Noun
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
logic
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
look
/
Verb, Noun
love
/
Noun, Verb
lust
/
Noun, Verb
mad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
maximum
/xx
Adjective, Noun
mean
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
merely
/x
Adverb
mind
/
Noun, Verb
misapprehension
xxx/x
Noun
misery
/xx
Noun
misfortune
x/x
Noun
missing
/x
Adjective, Noun
misunderstanding
xxx/x
Noun
more
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
must
/
Verb, Noun
mysterious
x/xx
Adjective
nah
/
Name
napoleon
x/xx
Name
nav
/
Noun, Verb
naw
/
Verb
nay
/
Name, Adverb, Verb, Adjective
necessary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
need
/
Verb, Noun
negative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
neither
/x
Adverb
never
/x
Adverb
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nicht
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
nobody
/xx
Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
noo
/
Adverb, Adjective
nope
/
Noun, Verb
nor
/
Noun
nota
/x
Noun
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
noting
/x
Noun
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
nowhere
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
number
/x
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
offer
/x
Verb, Noun
often
/x
Adverb, Adjective
okay
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
omitted
x/x
Verb
only
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
opposed
x/
Adjective
or
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
otherwise
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
paces
/x
Noun
pas
/
Noun
penury
/xx
Noun
perhaps
x/
Adverb, Noun
please
/
Verb, Adverb
plenty
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
plight
/
Noun, Verb
plus
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
poorly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
poverty
/xx
Noun
prefer
x/
Verb
pretty
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
privation
x/x
Noun
prohibited
x/xx
Adjective
psyche
/x
Noun, Verb
quite
/
Adverb, Noun
rarely
/x
Adverb
rather
/x
Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun
ready
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
really
/x
Adverb, Verb
refrain
x/
Verb, Noun
refusal
x/x
Noun
refused
x/
Noun
remember
x/x
Verb
request
x/
Noun, Verb
require
x/x
Verb
requirement
x/x
Noun
resent
x/
Verb
resuscitate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
sans
/
Adjective
sap
/
Noun, Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
scarcely
/x
Adverb
seek
/
Verb, Noun
seldom
/x
Adverb, Adjective
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shortage
/x
Noun
shortly
/x
Adverb
simply
/x
Adverb
sing
/
Verb, Noun
so
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
soon
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
starve
/
Verb
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
step
/
Noun, Verb
still
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
stringency
/xx
Noun
strive
/
Verb, Noun
sure
/
Adjective, Adverb
surely
/x
Adverb
taha
xx
Name
taste
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
than
/
Adverb, Noun
theirs
/
Adjective
therefore
/x
Adverb
thing
/
Noun, Verb
think
/
Verb, Noun
thirst
/
Noun, Verb
tightness
/x
Noun
to
/
Adverb, Noun
too
/
Adverb
torrance
/x
Name
totally
/xx
Adverb
true
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
try
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
unable
x/x
Adjective, Verb
unfairness
x/x
Noun
unhappiness
x/xx
Noun
unintended
xx/x
Adjective
unmodified
x/xx
Adjective
unpaid
x/
Adjective
unplanned
x/
Adjective
unsuccessful
xx/x
Adjective
untrue
x/
Adjective
unwanted
x/x
Adjective, Noun
unwillingness
x/xx
Noun
unworthiness
x/xx
Noun
urge
/
Noun, Verb
very
/x
Adverb, Adjective
wait
/
Verb, Noun
wanna
/x
Noun
wanted
/x
Adjective
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
weep
/
Verb, Noun
whatever
x/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
when
/
Adverb, Noun
whilst
/
Adverb
why
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
wicket
/x
Noun
willingness
/xx
Noun
wish
/
Verb, Noun
without
x/
Adverb
wrong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
yeah
/
Noun
yearn
/
Verb, Noun
yes
/
Name, Verb
yet
/
Adverb, Verb, Noun