| agency shop |
an agreement, between an owner or manager and a union that requires employees who do not want to join the union to pay a fee. [1/2 definitions] |
| aspire |
to want strongly; have as an aim (usu. fol. by "to" "after," or an infinitive). |
| bum |
(informal) one who does not want to work, or one who takes selfish advantage of the generosity of others. [1/5 definitions] |
| covet |
to want intensely. [1/3 definitions] |
| desiderate |
to want, need, or long for. |
| desire |
to want or crave; yearn for. [1/6 definitions] |
| destitution |
utter poverty, or the extreme want of the necessities of life. [1/2 definitions] |
| go along with |
to do what others want or plan to do regardless of whether one agrees or not. [1/3 definitions] |
| hardship |
a condition of severe want, poverty, or suffering. [1/2 definitions] |
| have (something) one's way |
to have (something) the way one wants, as opposed to the way that others might want it. |
| hold on |
to hold an object for the support or safety of one's body or because one does not want to lose the object. [1/5 definitions] |
| Mecca |
(usu. l.c.) any place that many people visit or want to visit, or a goal that is sought by many. [1/2 definitions] |
| necessity |
need; want. [1/4 definitions] |
| need |
a state of want; poverty. [3/10 definitions] |
| poverty |
the condition of being poor or lacking the necessary means of support; indigence or want. [1/3 definitions] |
| security |
freedom from want or poverty. [1/7 definitions] |
| stuck |
unable to be rid of something that one does not want (usu. fol. by "with"). [1/5 definitions] |
| sufferance |
the capacity to endure or tolerate pain, want, or the like; endurance. [1/2 definitions] |
| wanna |
contraction of "want to" used in some types of writing to reflect how the two words are often pronounced in rapid, informal speech. |
| wish |
to long for; desire; want. [2/9 definitions] |
| would like |
used as a tentative form of "want" in order to express a greater degree of politeness than "want" expresses or when the possibility of doing what one wants is not considered likely or certain. |