Want

Desire

Synonyms: Desire, hope for, have a fancy for, have an inclination for, like, long for, pine for, crave, hunger for, lust after, be desperate for, covet, be bent on, be dying for, wish for, fancy, take a fancy to, care for, set one's heart on, yearn for, sigh for, hanker after, thirst for, cry out for, itch for, need, and have a yen for.

A lack

Synonyms: Lack, non-existence, dearth, inadequacy, paucity, shortfall, scarcity, scantiness, deficit, absence, unavailability, deficiency, insufficiency, shortage, shortness, scarceness, undersupply, and exiguity.

Need

Synonyms: Need, austerity, deprivation, impoverishment, impecuniosity, pauperism, destitution, drought, neediness, privation, poverty, impecuniousness, pennilessness, penury, famine, and indigence.

Wish

Synonyms: Wish, demand, yearning, craving, need, necessity, requisite, desire, longing, fancy, hankering, requirement, essential, and yen.

Example Sentences

I want to learn more.

They want pizza for dinner.

She doesn’t want to leave.

We want to go hiking.

He doesn’t want any help.