Synonyms of wanted

wanted 1 of 2

adjective

as in liked

Related Words

• liked
• preferred
• desirable
• selected
• noted
• celebrated
• famous
• prominent
• famed
• renowned
• notorious
• large
• pop
• fabled
• legendary
• fabulous
• well-known
• favorite
• happening
• important
• outstanding
• fashionable
• semipopular
• notable
• remarkable
• big
• popular
• leading
• in
• popularized
• significant
• vogue
• faddish
• red-hot
• crowd-pleasing
• du jour
• hot
• faddy
• modish
• voguish

Dissimilar Words

• out
• rejected
• unpopular
• disliked
• hated
• unfashionable
• despised
• detested
• unimportant
• insignificant
• unknown
• obscure
• anonymous
• washed-up
• inconspicuous
• nameless
• unexceptional
• indistinguished

wanted

2 of 2

verb

past tense of want

1

as in craved

to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy

I want a new car so badly!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• craved
• desired
• enjoyed
• liked
• loved
• wished (for)
• preferred
• died (for)
• coveted
• sighed (for)
• itched (for)
• yearned (for)
• longed (for)
• hungered (for)
• thirsted (for)
• salivated (for)
• hankered (for or after)
• ached (for)
• pined (for)
• panted (after)
• lusted (for or after)
• desiderated
• admired
• jonesed (for)
• relished
• repined (for)
• set one's heart on
• fancied
• yenned (for)
• spoiled (for)
• adored
• delighted (in)
• appreciated
• valued
• dug
• reveled (in)
• favored
• grooved (on)
• cherished
• treasured
• prized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hated
• despised
• loathed
• refused
• detested
• abhorred
• declined
• rejected
• spurned
• abominated
• execrated

2

as in needed

to have as a requirement

that stray cat wants food and a clean place to sleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• needed
• required
• took
• demanded
• involved
• claimed
• challenged
• necessitated
• bore
• called for
• asked
• warranted
• begged
• entailed
• insisted
• lacked
• cried (for)
• hurt (for)
• stipulated
• enjoined
• clamored (for)
• pressed
• commanded
• exacted
• quested

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• had
• held
• owned
• possessed

3

as in wished

to see fit

do what you want

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wished
• pleased
• chose
• liked
• willed
• desired
• craved
• fancied
• died (for)
• decided
• coveted
• sighed (for)
• longed (for)
• yearned (for)
• itched (for)
• hungered (for)
• ached (for)
• pined (for)
• panted (after)
• resolved
• determined
• thirsted (for)
• hankered (for)
• lusted (for or after)
• repined (for)

4

as in enjoyed

to wish to have

I want some ice cream for dessert, please

Synonyms & Similar Words

• liked
• enjoyed
• loved
• felt like
• fancied
• relished
• welcomed
• desired
• craved
• cared (for)
• delighted (in)
• wished (for)
• dug
• died (for)
• adored
• grooved (on)
• coveted
• reveled (in)
• yearned (for)
• hankered (for or after)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wanted

Adjective

Marshal Henry Tillman, and Freeman is a wanted outlaw named Joseph Mulberry. — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026

The cameras photograph every passing vehicle, allowing law enforcement to track a wanted vehicle across the city. — Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 31 Aug. 2026

Police in Medellin, Colombia, arrested Hernandez in July 2025 after learning Interpol issued a Red Notice, an international alert notifying law enforcement to hold a wanted fugitive. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

Owning a stake in a profitable, growing business that provides a wanted product or service over the long term is preferable to owning paper currency, which is destined to lose purchasing power over time. — Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, in Rhode Island, Providence Journal reporters took readers inside a 20-year-hunt for one of the state’s most wanted fugitives – finally arrested at sea. — Greg Borowski, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Front and rear parking sensors are the second-most wanted feature that new car buyers are looking for in 2026. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026

Strong, once the most infamous and most wanted person in the country, had faded into obscurity. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2026

Mindich, an old friend of Zelensky’s, is now a wanted fugitive in Ukraine, hiding out in Israel to escape arrest on charges of large-scale corruption. — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026

Verb

Lottie Shackelford wanted to stay close to her children and to help their teachers. — Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026

The brothers also may have wanted to dodge questions regarding rumors about a new tour, with the band posting cryptic teasers on social media the past several days. — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Turning periodic into quasi-periodic The study authors wanted to push the idea and test whether the photonic-crystal pattern itself could be made non-periodic. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026

Prosecutors say Davis, 63, the only person ever charged in Shakur‘s death, wanted the hip-hop icon shot for the beating of his nephew earlier that night. — Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

This, in a sense, was what general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan wanted. — Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

These are all words written by the men caught by Dateline NBC’s To Catch a Predator, the mid-2000s reality TV hit that staged sting operations to nab adults who wanted to have sex with minors. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026

But there were limits to how much Starr could understand about Evans, and how much Evans wanted to share with Starr. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

The one person who never wanted to be seen with Dolly in public, astonishingly, was her husband of 59 years and childhood sweetheart, Carl Dean. — Tania Bryer, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026