Synonyms and antonyms of Wanting or needing something in British Thesaurus

anxious (adjective)

wanting something very much, especially when this makes you nervous, excited, or impatient

impatient (adjective)

wanting something to happen as soon as possible

longing (adjective)

showing a strong feeling of wanting someone or something

keen (adjective)

wanting to do something, or wanting other people to do something

desirous (adjective)

formal if you are desirous of something, you want to have or do it

in need of something ()

needing something

in the hope that/of ()

wanting something to happen

urgent (adjective)

expressing the feeling of wanting something very much or wanting it immediately

hungry (adjective)

wanting something, or wanting to do something very much

be dying for something/to do something ()

wanting to have/do something so much that you do not want to wait

after (adverb)

informal wanting to get something that belongs to someone else

badly (adverb)

if you need or want something badly, you need or want it very much

could use something ()

used for saying that someone or something needs a particular thing very much

covetous (adjective)

formal very much wanting to have something that someone else has, especially money

desperate (adjective)

needing or wanting something very much

envious (adjective)

unhappy because you want very much to do something that someone else does or to have something that they have

gasping (adjective)

Britishspoken wanting something very much

insatiable (adjective)

always wanting more and never feeling satisfied

I would give my right arm/my eye teeth for something ()

used for saying that you would very much like to have something

(just) for once ()

used for saying that you would like something to happen on this occasion, even though it does not usually happen, and you think it should happen more often

like a moth to a candle flame ()

used for emphasizing how much someone is attracted by a person or thing

longingly (adverb)

in a way that shows you want something very much

not content with... ()

used to say that someone is not satisfied with something which most people would consider to be enough or too much, but wants or does more