Synonyms for Wanted:

adj.
• desired
- needed
- requested
• fugitive
- on the lam
- Avoiding
- Escaping
- Evading
- Flitting
- brief
- criminal
- elusive
- ephemeral
- errant
- erratic
- evanescent
- fleeting
- fugacious
- impermanent
- lamster
- momentary
- moving
- passing
- planetary
- running away
- short-lived
- temporary
- transitory
- unstable
- volatile
- wandering
• marketable
- Merchandisable
- Trafficable
- bankable
- for sale
- merchantable
- sellable
- sought after
- vendible
- commercial
- fit
- good
- profitable
- salable
- selling
- sound
• requested
- Demanded
- Petitioned
- Queried
- Questioned
- Summoned
- desired
- requisitioned
- solicited
- sought
• all
- wanted
• cherished
- appreciated
• essential
- capital
- cardinal
- chief
- constitutive
- crucial
- foremost
- fundamental
- imperative
- leading
- main
- necessitous
- principal
- required
- right-hand
• hunted
- Followed
- Trailed
- more chased
- more followed
- more hounded
- more stalked
- more tailed
- more trailed
- most chased
- most followed
- most hounded
- most stalked
- most tailed
- most trailed
- out lawed
- out-lawed
- outlawed
• missed
- more craved
- most craved
• necessary
- basic
- binding
- compelling
- compulsory
- de rigueur
- decisive
- elementary
- exigent
- expedient
- mandatory
- momentous
- obligatory
- paramount
- pressing
- prime
- quintessential
- significant
- specified
- unavoidable
• notorious
- blatant
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- flagrant
- glaring
- infamous
- noted
- obvious
- opprobrious
- overt
- patent
- prominent
- questionable
- scandalous
- shady
- shameful
- undisputed
- well-known
- wicked
• urgent
- called-for
- clamant
- clamorous
- critical
- demanding
- driving
- immediate
- impelling
- important
- importunate
- insistent
- instant
- persuasive
- primary
- salient
- serious
- weighty
n.
- to die for
- on the run
- on the wrong side of something
• invited
- invited
• wanted
- craved
v.
• desired
- grasped
• hoped
- Believed
- Contemplated
- assumed
- dreamed of
- dreamt of
- presumed
• requested
- Appealed
- Bidden
- Inquired
- Pleaded
- Probed
- Urged
- bid
• want
- Desiderate
- aspire
- be deficient
- be deprived of
- be found wanting
- be greedy
- be insufficient
- be poor
- be short of
- choose
- could do with
- fall short in
- feel a need
- hanker
- have a passion for
- have ambition
- have an urge for
- have eyes for
- incline toward
- itch for
- miss
- prefer
- spoil for
- stand in need of
- starve
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beloved
favorite

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best

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darling
dear
pet

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• essential

necessary

• needed

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Equivalence
- Verb, past tense
  Wanna.
- Verb, past participle
  Wanna.
Reverse Entailment
- Adjective
  most-wanted.
Independent
- Adjective
  desirable, required, sought-after, Searched.
- Proper noun, singular
  required, sought.
- Noun, plural
  men, sought, figures, commitments, terrorists, requirements.
- Verb, past tense
  accepted, accord, accordance, acquired, advanced, advised, agreed, agreement, alleged, always, anxious, any, applied, appointed, appreciated, ask, asking, assumed, assured, attached, attempted, available, awaited, babe, baby, beat, become, bid, blamed, boss, breached, broke, buddy, called, celebrated, chamber, changed, charged, checked, child, choice, college, commissioned, commitment, committed, concluded, conduct, conducted, conferred, congratulate, considered, constituted, contained, covered, darling, decided, decreed, demanding, demonstrated, deserved, designed, determined, directed, disposed, donated, dream, dreamed, drew, duress, earned, elected, election, else, emphasised, emphasized, employer, encouraged, ended, endorsed, engaged, expressed, extended, failed, fancied, favored, favour, felt, figured, focused, follow, forced, found, fulfilled, gain, go, handled, heard, held, history, honey, imagined, improvised, included, initiated, instructed, intended, invented, invited, just, kept, know, lay, lead, left, lf, like, liked, loaded, love, loved, made, maintained, me, mind, missed, morning, moved, named, need, needs, objective, obtain, oh, ordered, owed, owned, perceived, placed, plan, planned, played, pleased, pleasure, pointed, prepared, presented, pressed, pretended, pride, produced, projected, proposed, proud, provoked, pulled, raised, readily, ready, really, received, recommended, reinforced, rejected, relation, remembered, represented, request, required, resolved, rested, room, round, ruled, said, sang, say, school, secure, selected, sent, set, shot, sought, sounded, speak, spent, stealing, stemmed, stole, story, stressed, suggested, supported, sweetheart, sweetie, talk, thought, tour, town, treated, tried, trusted, trying, turned, understood, used, valued, villa, voiced, wait, welcomed, who, will, wishing, won, worried, would, Accounted, Acted, Aimed, Allowed, Answered, Anything, Appealed, Appeared, Approached, Argued, Arose, Arrived, Asked, Aspired, Was, Became, Believed, Brought, Captured, Cared, Carried, Caught, Caused, Challenged, Children, Chose, Claimed, Dealt, Defended, Delivered, Did, Died, Discussed, Drank, Dreamt, Enjoyed, Everything, Examined, Explored, Feared, Filed, Followed, Forwarded, Gained, Gave, Went, Got, Had, Helped, Hoped, Indicated, Inquired, Insisted, Invaded, Investigated, Issued, Killed, Knew, Lacked, Lasted, Longed, Looked, Meant, Met, Ourselves, Non, Numbered, Obtained, Obtaining, Offered, Operated, Passed, Petitioned, Picked, Queried, Questioned, Ran, Ranged, Referred, Regarded, Reiterated, Relied, Requesting, Responded, Resulted, Retrieved, Searched, Seemed, Served, Took, Talked, Tasked, Told, U, Upheld, Urged, Viewed, Volunteered, Voted, Waited, Watched, Were, What, Wished, Wondered, Worked, Yielded, Consisted, Contemplated, Contended, Convened, Counted, Pried, Promoted, Provided, Pushed, Stipulated, Stood, Strove, started, Submitted, contacted, underlined, requests, tabled, applications, entrusted, dared, proposals, expects, objectives, calls, foresaw, hopes, questions, matters, hosted, mandated, triggered, merits, AM, HIT, WOULDA, enquired, opted, highlighted, underscored, Favoured, endeavoured, signalled, no, prefered, skeeved.
- Verb, past participle
  accused, acquired, agreed, alleged, applied, appreciated, arranged, attempted, bound, called, charged, chased, checked, claim, commissioned, committed, concentrated, concerned, considered, convicted, decided, decreed, derived, designed, determined, developed, directed, done, drawn, dreamed, dressed, encouraged, envisioned, excited, expressed, fancied, favour, felt, focused, forecast, found, fulfilled, given, harassed, hated, held, hope, hunted, identified, inclined, inspired, instructed, intended, invited, kept, liked, located, loved, made, maintained, measured, obligated, obliged, ordered, persecuted, planned, raised, recommended, request, required, ruled, said, seen, selected, set, solicited, sought, specified, studied, suggested, supported, taken, thought, tried, upset, valued, warranted, welcomed, Achieved, Acted, Advocated, Aimed, Appealed, Approached, Asked, Assayed, Assessed, Been, Brought, Cited, Claimed, Dealt, Discussed, Dreamt, Enjoyed, Entered, Envied, Examined, Explored, Got, Had, Hoped, Indicted, Insisted, Investigated, Longed, Looked, Meant, Picked, Queried, Questioned, Reached, Retrieved, Searched, Shown, Talked, Tasked, Tempted, Undertaken, Urged, Waited, Willed, Wished, Wondered, Worked, Prized, Prosecuted, Subjected, contacted, requests, ensured, calls, researched, hosted, mandated, fantasized, enquired, opted, stoked, Favoured, endeavoured, wantedto.
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- Adjective
  intended.

What are the hypernyms for Wanted?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Other hypernyms:
desired, hunted, requested, sought after, yearned for.

What are the opposite words for wanted?

The word "wanted" is often used to indicate something that is desired or required. However, there are several antonyms for the word that convey a completely opposite meaning. One such antonym is "unwanted," which means not desired or unwelcome. Another antonym is "rejected," which implies something was not accepted or dismissed. Another antonym is "disliked," which might suggest something is not favored for personal reasons. "Abhorred" is another antonym, which connotes strong hatred or disgust towards something. "Detested," "hated," "loathed," and "undesirable" are further antonyms that may be used to describe something that is not wanted.

What are the antonyms for Wanted?

adj.
• abandoned
- forsaken
• all
- unwanted
• desired
- Renounced
- abandoned
- fulfilled
- satisfied
• essential
- accessory
- auxiliary
- inessential
- minor
- nonessential
- secondary
- subsidiary
- unimportant
• forsaken
- de relict
- de solate
- de-relict
- de-solate
- dis owned
- dis-owned
- left altar
- left at altar
- left at the altar
- left behind
- left in the lurch
- left the altar
- more disowned
- more ignored
- more marooned
- more outcast
- most disowned
- most ignored
- most marooned
- most outcast
- out cast
- out-cast
- thrown over
• fugitive
- confronting
- facing
- permanent
• marketable
- unmarketable
• necessary
- unnecessary
- useless
• not liked or sought after
- unpopular
• noun
- abdicable
- casteless
- friendless
- thrown-away
- unasked
- uncalled-for
- unclaimed
- undesired
- uninvited
- unsolicited
- unsought
- unwished
- unwished-for
• offensive, unacceptable
- undesirable
• undesirable
- be avoided
- dis agreeable
- dis liked
- dis pleasing
- dis tasteful
- dis-agreeable
- dis-liked
- dis-pleasing
- dis-tasteful
- in commodious
- in convenient
- in expedient
- in sufferable
- in-admissible
- in-commodious
- in-convenient
- in-expedient
- in-sufferable
- more disliked
- more dreaded
- more loathed
- more scorned
- more unlikable
- more unpleasing
- most disliked
- most dreaded
- most loathed
- most shunned
- most unlikable
- most unpleasing
- out of place
- out place
- to be avoided
- un attractive
- un desirable
- un likable
- un satisfactory
- un savorier
- un savory
- un sought
- un suitable
- un-attractive
- un-desirable
- un-likable
- un-pleasing
- un-satisfactory
- un-savorier
- un-savoriest
- un-savory
- un-sought
- un-suitable
- unlikable
- unpleasing
- unwished for
• unpopular
- Disfavored
- de tested
- de-tested
- dis esteemed
- dis favored
- dis-esteemed
- dis-favored
- dripper
- drippest
- more abhorred
- more avoided
- more despised
- more detested
- more disesteemed
- more disfavored
- more execrated
- more loser
- more shunned
- more unaccepted
- more unvalued
- most abhorred
- most avoided
- most despised
- most detested
- most disesteemed
- most disfavored
- most execrated
- most loser
- most scorned
- most unaccepted
- most unvalued
- nerdier
- nerdiest
- nerdy
- out favor
- out of favor
- un accepted
- un loved
- un popular
- un valued
- un-accepted
- un-loved
- un-popular
- un-valued
- unaccepted
- uncared for
- unvalued
- wimpiest
- wimpy
• unwanted
- Non-essential
- non essential
- un wanted
- un-wanted
• unwelcome
- excess baggage
- ill favored
- illfavored
- left out cold
- left out in cold
- more blackballed
- more excluded
- most blackballed
- most excluded
- not in picture
- not in the picture
- not picture
- not the picture
- un acceptable
- un asked
- un invited
- un pleasant
- un welcome
- un-acceptable
- un-asked
- un-invited
- un-pleasant
- un-welcome
- unwelcome
• urgent
- moderate
imp. & p. p.
• noun
- discarded
n.
• noun
- outcast
- outcaste
- throwaway
v.
• want
- despise
- dislike
- hate
- have
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cold

Usage examples for Wanted

They did not wish to ask too much, and at the same time wanted to make all they could.

"Leo the Circus Boy"

Ralph Bonehill

They were in Jane's bedroom, and it still wanted three-quarters of an hour to dinner.

"Jane Oglander"

Marie Belloc Lowndes

Jamie wanted to know what I was going to do.

"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"

Alexander Irvine

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adj.

n.

v.

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