100 Words to Use Instead of “Want”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	accept	to take as wanted
2.	aim for	to want to achieve
3.	appeal for	to ask for earnestly
4.	ask for	to request something
5.	be after	to be trying to get
6.	be aiming to	to want to achieve
7.	be attracted to	to want romantically
8.	be desperate for	to want urgently
9.	be disposed to	to be inclined to want
10.	be down for	to be willing to do
11.	be drawn to	to feel wanting toward
12.	be dying to	to want very badly
13.	be eager for	to want very much
14.	be fond of	to like and want
15.	be game for	to be willing to do
16.	be inclined to	to be disposed to want
17.	be intent on	to be focused on getting
18.	be into	to like and want
19.	be itching to	to want to do soon
20.	be keen on	to want or like
21.	be looking for	to be trying to find
22.	be minded to	to be willing to do
23.	be partial to	to like more than others
24.	be planning to	to intend and want
25.	be ready for	to want and be prepared
26.	be set on	to be determined to have
27.	be tempted by	to want because it appeals
28.	be tempted to	to want to do
29.	be up for	to be willing to do
30.	be up to	to want to do
31.	call for	to require or need
32.	call on	to request or ask
33.	care for	to want or like
34.	care to	to want to, politely
35.	choose	to decide you want
36.	clamor for	to demand loudly
37.	covet	to want what others have
38.	crave	to want intensely
39.	cry out for	to need badly
40.	demand	to insist on having
41.	desire	to want something strongly
42.	entreat	to ask for earnestly
43.	fancy	to want or like
44.	favor	to prefer or support
45.	go for	to choose or try for
46.	have a craving for	to want intensely
47.	have a hankering for	to have a strong desire
48.	have a mind to	to want to do
49.	have a taste for	to like and want
50.	have a yen for	to have a strong desire
51.	have an appetite for	to want or enjoy
52.	have an urge to	to feel a strong want
53.	have designs on	to want to get
54.	have your eye on	to want to obtain
55.	have your sights on	to aim to get
56.	hope for	to want and expect
57.	hunger for	to want strongly
58.	implore	to beg for
59.	incline toward	to prefer somewhat
60.	insist on	to demand firmly
61.	intend	to plan and want
62.	invite	to ask for or welcome
63.	lack	to be without and need
64.	lean toward	to prefer slightly
65.	like to	to want to do
66.	long for	to want deeply
67.	look to	to seek or aim for
68.	love to	to want to do eagerly
69.	mean to	to intend to do
70.	miss	to need because absent
71.	need	to require something essential
72.	opt for	to choose as wanted
73.	petition for	to formally ask for
74.	pick	to choose as wanted
75.	pine for	to miss and want
76.	plan to	to intend to do
77.	plead for	to ask for urgently
78.	pray for	to ask for earnestly
79.	prefer	to want more than another
80.	press for	to demand or request
81.	pursue	to try to obtain
82.	request	to ask for something
83.	require	to need as necessary
84.	seek	to try to get
85.	select	to choose from options
86.	set out to	to intend to do
87.	solicit	to seek or ask for
88.	stand in need of	to need something
89.	take	to want or choose
90.	thirst for	to want eagerly
91.	urge	to press for something
92.	welcome	to want gladly
93.	wish	to want something to happen
94.	would choose	to prefer as an option
95.	would like	to want politely
96.	would love	to want very much
97.	would prefer	to want more than another
98.	would rather	to prefer to do
99.	would sooner	to prefer to do
100.	yearn for	to want with longing