Related Words for want

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WordSyllablesCategories
wish
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Verb, Noun
desire
x/x
Noun, Verb, Noun
privation
x/x
Noun, Noun
need
/
Noun, Verb, Noun
lack
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Noun, Verb
deficiency
x/xx
Verb, Noun
deprivation
xx/x
Noun, Noun
require
x/x
Noun, Verb
unwanted
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun
wanna
/x
Noun
should
/
Verb, Noun
decide
x/
Verb
will
/
Noun
expect
x/
Verb
intend
x/
Verb
know
/
Verb
cannot
/x
Adjective
could
/
Verb, Noun
might
/
Noun
dare
/
Verb
refuse
x/
Noun
choose
/
Verb
must
/
Verb, Noun
prefer
x/
Verb
hesitate
/xx
Verb
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
gonna
/x
Noun
gotta
/x
Noun
going
/x
Verb
able
/x
Adjective
have
/
Verb
seek
/
Verb
pretend
x/
Verb
think
/
Verb
wont
/
Adjective
please
/
Verb
encourage
x/x
Verb
allow
x/
Verb
dont
/
Verb
bother
/x
Verb
tend
/
Verb
trying
/x
Verb
help
/
Noun
continue
x/x
Verb
ought
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
really
/x
Adverb
forget
x/
Verb
never
/x
Adverb
give
/
Verb
afford
x/
Verb
just
/
Adverb
strive
/
Verb
cant
/
Noun
tell
/
Verb
afraid
x/
Adjective
sure
/
Adjective, Adverb
take
/
Verb
make
/
Verb
reluctant
x/x
Adjective
tempted
/x
Verb
seem
/
Verb
let
/
Verb, Noun
urge
/
Noun
suppose
x/
Verb
eager
/x
Adjective
believe
x/
Verb
ready
/x
Adjective
learn
/
Verb
come
/
Verb
inclined
x/
Adjective
happy
/x
Adjective
invite
x/
Verb
enable
x/x
Verb
keen
/
Adjective
suggest
x/
Verb
recommend
xx/
Verb
always
/x
Adverb
fail
/
Verb
deserve
x/
Verb
hate
/
Noun
look
/
Noun
feel
/
Verb
love
/
Noun
hoping
/x
Verb
likely
/x
Adjective
obliged
x/
Verb
unable
x/x
Adjective
would like
//
Phrase, Verb
want in
/x
Phrase, Verb
list
/
Noun
care
/
Noun
aspire
x/
Verb
look forward to
//x/
Phrase, Verb
warrant
/x
Noun
have designs on
/x//
Phrase, Verb
demand
x/
Noun
long
/
Adjective
ambition
x/x
Noun
purpose
/x
Noun
pursue
x/
Verb
believe in
x/x
Phrase, Verb
mean
/
Noun
pray
/
Verb
offer
/x
Noun
find
/
Verb
look for
//
Phrase, Verb
propose
x/
Verb
reach for
//
Phrase, Verb
call for
//
Phrase, Verb
take a fancy to
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
command
x/
Noun
await
x/
Verb
bespeak
x/
Verb
entail
x/
Verb
consent
x/
Noun
manifest
/xx
Adjective
entreat
x/
Verb
pleasure
/x
Noun
grant
/
Noun
achieve
x/
Verb
warm
/
Adjective
exact
x/
Adjective
necessitate
x/xx
Verb
ask for
//
Phrase, Verb
good
/
Adjective
speak
/
Verb
plan
/
Noun
volunteer
xx/
Noun
attract
x/
Verb
favor
/x
Noun
claim
/
Noun
envision
x/x
Verb
intention
x/x
Noun
word
/
Noun
attain
x/
Verb
effectuate
x/xx
Verb
satisfy
/xx
Verb
merit
/x
Noun
get ready
//x
Phrase, Verb
concern
x/
Noun
earn
/
Verb
propose marriage
x//x
Phrase, Verb
requisition
xx/x
Noun
deal in
/x
Phrase, Verb
entice
x/
Verb
care for
//
Phrase, Verb
meed
/
Noun
purchase
/x
Noun
anticipate
x/xx
Verb
solicit
x/x
Verb
make sense
//
Phrase, Verb
preference
/xx
Noun
gratify
/xx
Verb
procure
x/
Verb
gain
/
Noun
indulge
x/
Verb
emphasize
/xx
Adjective
screw
/
Adjective
everest
/xx
Adjective
anybody
/xxx
Adverb, Noun
anytime
/xx
Adverb
disappoint
xx/
Verb
embarrass
x/x
Verb
spoil
/
Verb
print
/
Noun
offend
x/
Verb
don
/
Verb
delete
x/
Verb
consumers
x/x
Noun
customers
/xx
Noun
guys
/
Noun
buyers
/x
Noun
drink
/
Noun
mess
/
Noun
folder
/x
Noun
divorce
x/
Noun
anything
/xx
Noun
scare
/
Verb
folks
/
Noun
revenge
x/
Noun
desperately
/xxx
Adverb
investors
x/x
Noun
absence
/x
Noun
ache
/
Noun, Verb
advocate
/xx
Noun, Verb
aim
/
Noun, Verb
annoyance
x/x
Noun
application
xx/x
Noun
ask
/
Verb, Noun
attempt
x/
Noun, Verb
bagged
/
Adjective
begrudge
x/
Verb
blame
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
but
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
call
/
Verb, Noun
carelessness
/xx
Noun
confusion
x/x
Noun
corned
/
Adjective
crave
/
Verb, Noun
cry
/
Noun, Verb
danger
/x
Noun, Verb
dearth
/
Noun
desirable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
desirous
x/x
Adjective
destitution
/xxx
Noun
discouragement
x/xx
Noun
discredit
x/x
Verb, Noun
dread
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dream
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
drown
/
Verb, Noun
eat
/
Verb, Noun
else
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
embarrassment
x/xx
Noun
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
envy
/x
Noun, Verb
famine
/x
Noun
favour
/x
Noun, Verb
feel like
//
Phrase, Verb
furnish
/x
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
hear
/
Verb
heil
/
Name, Verb
henceforth
//
Adverb
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hunger
/x
Noun, Verb
infirmity
x/xx
Noun
insist
x/
Verb
intent
x/
Noun, Adjective
interest
/x
Noun, Verb
keep
/
Verb, Noun
lust
/
Noun, Verb
mad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
mind
/
Noun, Verb
misapprehension
xxx/x
Noun
misery
/xx
Noun
misfortune
x/x
Noun
misunderstanding
xxx/x
Noun
more
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
necessary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
penury
/xx
Noun
plenty
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
poverty
/xx
Noun
request
x/
Noun, Verb
requirement
x/x
Noun
resent
x/
Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
shortage
/x
Noun
sing
/
Verb, Noun
soon
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
starve
/
Verb
stringency
/xx
Noun
taha
xx
Name
taste
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
thing
/
Noun, Verb
thirst
/
Noun, Verb
tightness
/x
Noun
torrance
/x
Name
unfairness
x/x
Noun
unhappiness
x/xx
Noun
unwillingness
x/xx
Noun
unworthiness
x/xx
Noun
wait
/
Verb, Noun
when
/
Adverb, Noun
whilst
/
Adverb
yearn
/
Verb, Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
shirtless
/x
Adjective
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
die
/
Verb, Noun