What are the opposite words for have?
The word "have" refers to possession or ownership of something or the experience of performing an action. Its antonyms, however, represent a lack of possession or action. One antonym could be "lack" or "need," meaning that someone does not have something or requires it. Another antonym could be "dispossess" or "deprive," which means to take something away that was previously possessed. Other antonyms for "have" include "lose" or "forfeit," which implies that something was owned or possessed but is no longer. Additionally, "abstain" or "avoid" can be considered antonyms, as they represent the absence of performing an action that one might typically "have" done.
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desire
- want.
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require
- assert oneself,
- called upon,
- demand,
- depend upon,
- look for,
- looking for,
- looks for,
- push for,
- call upon,
- asserted oneself,
- asserting oneself,
- asserts oneself,
- be sought,
- be-sought,
- call up on,
- called up on,
- calling up on,
- calling upon,
- calls up on,
- calls upon,
- depend up on,
- depended up on,
- depended upon,
- depending up on,
- depending upon,
- depends up on,
- depends upon,
- feel necessity for,
- had need,
- haddest need,
- hadst need,
- has need,
- hast need,
- hath need,
- have need,
- having need,
- insist up on,
- insist upon,
- insisted up on,
- insisted upon,
- insisting up on,
- insists up on,
- insists upon,
- looked for,
- pushed for,
- pushes for,
- pushing for,
- re quire,
- re quired,
- re quires,
- re quiring,
- re-quire,
- re-quired,
- re-quires,
- re-quiring,
- stand in need,
- stand need,
- standing in need,
- standing need,
- stands in need,
- stands need,
- stood in need,
- stood need.
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lack
- Lacked,
- OUTS,
- minuses,
- outed,
- be without,
- am deficient in,
- am short of,
- am without,
- are deficient in,
- are short of,
- are without,
- art deficient in,
- art short of,
- art without,
- be deficient in,
- be short of,
- being deficient in,
- being short of,
- being without,
- had need of,
- haddest need of,
- hadst need of,
- has need of,
- hast need of,
- hath need of,
- have need of,
- having need of,
- hurting for,
- hurtinged for,
- hurtinging for,
- hurtings for,
- is deficient in,
- is short of,
- is without,
- minused,
- minusing,
- minusses,
- not got,
- too little too late,
- tooed little too late,
- tooing little too late,
- toos little too late,
- was deficient in,
- was short of,
- was without,
- wast deficient in,
- wast short of,
- wast without,
- were deficient in,
- were short of,
- were without,
- wert deficient in,
- wert short of,
- wert without.
- call for
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need
- Hungered,
- Hungering,
- Thirsted,
- be deficient,
- driving for,
- go hungry,
- be inadequate,
- am deficient,
- am deprived,
- am down and out,
- am down out,
- am hard up,
- am need of,
- am needy,
- am poor,
- am short,
- am want,
- are deficient,
- are deprived,
- are down and out,
- are down out,
- are hard up,
- are in need of,
- are in want,
- are inadequate,
- are poor,
- are short,
- are want,
- art deficient,
- art deprived,
- art hard up,
- art in need of,
- art in want,
- art inadequate,
- art need of,
- art needy,
- art poor,
- art short,
- art want,
- be deprived,
- be down and out,
- be down out,
- be hard up,
- be in need of,
- be in want,
- be need of,
- be needy,
- be poor,
- be short,
- be want,
- being deficient,
- being deprived,
- being down and out,
- being down out,
- being hard up,
- being in need of,
- being in want,
- being inadequate,
- being need of,
- being needy,
- being poor,
- being short,
- being want,
- de sire,
- de sired,
- de sires,
- de siring,
- de-sire,
- de-sired,
- de-sires,
- de-siring,
- drave for,
- drive for,
- drives for,
- drove for,
- ex act,
- ex acting,
- ex acts,
- ex-act,
- ex-acted,
- ex-acting,
- feel a dearth of,
- feel dearth of,
- feel pinch,
- feel the necessity for,
- feel the pinch,
- feeling a dearth of,
- feeling dearth of,
- feeling necessity for,
- feeling pinch,
- feeling the necessity for,
- feeling the pinch,
- feels a dearth of,
- feels dearth of,
- feels necessity for,
- feels pinch,
- feels the necessity for,
- feels the pinch,
- felt a dearth of,
- felt dearth of,
- felt necessity for,
- felt pinch,
- felt the necessity for,
- felt the pinch,
- goes hungry,
- going hungry,
- had occasion for,
- had occasion to,
- had use for,
- haddest occasion for,
- haddest occasion to,
- haddest use for,
- hadst occasion for,
- hadst occasion to,
- hadst use for,
- has occasion for,
- has occasion to,
- has use for,
- hast occasion for,
- hast occasion to,
- hast use for,
- hath occasion for,
- hath occasion to,
- hath use for,
- have occasion for,
- have occasion to,
- have use for,
- having occasion for,
- having occasion to,
- having use for,
- hurt for,
- hurts for,
- is deficient,
- is deprived,
- is down and out,
- is down out,
- is hard up,
- is in need of,
- is in want,
- is inadequate,
- is need of,
- is needy,
- is poor,
- is short,
- is want,
- suffer privation,
- suffered privation,
- suffering privation,
- suffers privation,
- was deficient,
- was deprived,
- was down and out,
- was down out,
- was hard up,
- was in need of,
- was in want,
- was inadequate,
- was need of,
- was needy,
- was poor,
- was short,
- was want,
- wast deficient,
- wast deprived,
- wast down and out,
- wast down out,
- wast hard up,
- wast in need of,
- wast in want,
- wast inadequate,
- wast need of,
- wast needy,
- wast poor,
- wast short,
- wast want,
- went hungry,
- were deficient,
- were deprived,
- were down and out,
- were down out,
- were hard up,
- were in need of,
- were in want,
- were inadequate,
- were need of,
- were needy,
- were poor,
- were short,
- were want,
- wert deficient,
- wert deprived,
- wert down and out,
- wert down out,
- wert hard up,
- wert in need of,
- wert in want,
- wert inadequate,
- wert need of,
- wert needy,
- wert poor,
- wert short,
- wert want,
- committal,
- desideratum,
- devoir,
- needs,
- ought,
- Desiderata,
- oughts,
- committals,
- de privation,
- de privations,
- de-privation,
- de-privations,
- devoirs,
- dis tress,
- dis tresses,
- dis-tress,
- dis-tresses,
- in adequacies,
- in adequacy,
- in sufficiencies,
- in sufficiency,
- in-adequacies,
- in-adequacy,
- in-sufficiencies,
- in-sufficiency,
- the urge,
- the urges.
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run out
- come close,
- dry up,
- drying up,
- give out,
- wasting away,
- waste away,
- coming close,
- wasted away,
- running out,
- am cleaned out,
- am out of,
- are cleaned out,
- are out of,
- art cleaned out,
- art out of,
- be cleaned out,
- be out of,
- being cleaned out,
- being out of,
- came a close,
- came close,
- came to a close,
- came to close,
- come a close,
- come to a close,
- come to close,
- comes a close,
- comes close,
- comes to a close,
- comes to close,
- coming a close,
- coming to a close,
- coming to close,
- de part,
- de parted,
- de parting,
- de parts,
- de-part,
- de-parted,
- de-parting,
- de-parts,
- dried up,
- dries up,
- ex pire,
- ex-pire,
- had no more,
- had none left,
- haddest no more,
- haddest none left,
- hadst no more,
- hadst none left,
- has no more,
- has none left,
- hast no more,
- hast none left,
- hath no more,
- hath none left,
- have no more,
- have none left,
- having no more,
- having none left,
- is cleaned out,
- is out of,
- was cleaned out,
- was out of,
- wast cleaned out,
- wast out of,
- wastes away,
- were cleaned out,
- were out of,
- wert cleaned out,
- wert out of.
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crave
- cry out for,
- lust after,
- suspire,
- Suspired,
- FORS,
- suspires,
- suspiring,
- pine for,
- thirst for,
- itching for,
- hunger for,
- long for,
- sigh for,
- ache for,
- ached for,
- aches for,
- aching for,
- ate heart out,
- ate one heart out,
- ate one's heart out,
- ate ones heart out,
- cried out for,
- cries out for,
- crying out for,
- die for,
- died for,
- dieing for,
- dies for,
- dying for,
- eat heart out,
- eat one heart out,
- eat one's heart out,
- eat ones heart out,
- eating heart out,
- eating one heart out,
- eating one's heart out,
- eating ones heart out,
- eats heart out,
- eats one heart out,
- eats one's heart out,
- eats ones heart out,
- fored,
- foring,
- gave eyeteeth for,
- give eyeteeth for,
- gives eyeteeth for,
- giving eyeteeth for,
- hungered for,
- hungering for,
- hungers for,
- itch for,
- itched for,
- longs for,
- lusted after,
- lusts after,
- pined for,
- pines for,
- pining for,
- sighed for,
- sighing for,
- sighs for,
- spoiled for,
- spoiling for,
- spoils for,
- spoilt for,
- thirsting for,
- thirsts for,
- yearn for,
- yearned for,
- yearning for,
- yearns for,
- yen for,
- yenned for,
- yenning for,
- yens for.
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lust
- am consumed with desire,
- am hot for,
- are consumed with desire,
- are hot for,
- art consumed with desire,
- art hot for,
- be consumed with desire,
- be hot for,
- being consumed with desire,
- being hot for,
- is consumed with desire,
- is hot for,
- was consumed with desire,
- was hot for,
- wast consumed with desire,
- wast hot for,
- were consumed with desire,
- wert consumed with desire,
- yenned,
- yens.
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purchase
- get hold of,
- pay for,
- Copped,
- copping,
- deal in,
- paid for,
- dealing in,
- deals in,
- dealt in,
- gat hold of,
- gets hold of,
- getting hold of,
- go shopping,
- goes shopping,
- going shopping,
- got hold of,
- gotten hold of,
- in vest,
- in vested,
- in vests,
- in-vest,
- in-vested,
- in-vesting,
- in-vests,
- made a buy,
- made a purchase,
- made buy,
- make a buy,
- make a purchase,
- make purchase,
- makes a buy,
- makes a purchase,
- makes buy,
- making a buy,
- making a purchase,
- making buy,
- making purchase,
- payed for,
- paying for,
- pays for,
- pro cure,
- pro cured,
- pro cures,
- pro curing,
- pro-cure,
- pro-cured,
- pro-cures,
- pro-curing,
- re deem,
- re deemed,
- re deeming,
- re-deem,
- re-deeming,
- re-deems,
- shop for,
- shopped for,
- shopping for,
- shops for,
- went shopping.
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want
- starve,
- wanted,
- wanting,
- Desiderated,
- Desiderating,
- Desiderate,
- starves,
- incline toward,
- have a yen for,
- am deprived of,
- am greedy,
- are deprived of,
- are found wanting,
- are greedy,
- are insufficient,
- art deprived of,
- art found wanting,
- art greedy,
- art insufficient,
- be deprived of,
- be found wanting,
- be greedy,
- be insufficient,
- being deprived of,
- being found wanting,
- being greedy,
- being insufficient,
- could do with,
- coulded do with,
- coulding do with,
- coulds do with,
- desiderates,
- fall short in,
- falling short in,
- falls short in,
- feel a need,
- feel need,
- feeling a need,
- feeling need,
- feels a need,
- feels need,
- fell short in,
- felt need,
- had a passion for,
- had a yen for,
- had an urge for,
- had passion for,
- had urge for,
- had yen for,
- haddest a passion for,
- haddest a yen for,
- haddest ambition,
- haddest an urge for,
- haddest eyes for,
- haddest passion for,
- haddest urge for,
- haddest yen for,
- hadst a passion for,
- hadst a yen for,
- hadst ambition,
- hadst an urge for,
- hadst eyes for,
- hadst passion for,
- hadst yen for,
- has ambition,
- has urge for,
- has yen for,
- hast a passion for,
- hast a yen for,
- hast ambition,
- hast an urge for,
- hast eyes for,
- hast passion for,
- hast urge for,
- hast yen for,
- hath a passion for,
- hath a yen for,
- hath ambition,
- hath eyes for,
- hath urge for,
- hath yen for,
- have a passion for,
- have ambition,
- have an urge for,
- have eyes for,
- have passion for,
- have urge for,
- have yen for,
- having a passion for,
- having a yen for,
- having ambition,
- having passion for,
- having urge for,
- having yen for,
- inclined toward,
- inclines toward,
- inclining toward,
- is deprived of,
- is found wanting,
- is greedy,
- is insufficient,
- stand in need of,
- stand need of,
- standing in need of,
- standing need of,
- stands in need of,
- stands need of,
- stood in need of,
- stood need of,
- was deprived of,
- was found wanting,
- was greedy,
- was insufficient,
- wast deprived of,
- wast found wanting,
- wast greedy,
- wast insufficient,
- were deprived of,
- were found wanting,
- were greedy,
- were insufficient,
- wert deprived of,
- wert found wanting,
- wert insufficient.
- demand; entail
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desire strongly
- lust.
- desire intensely
- be in possession
- endure, bear
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do not have
- lack.
- buy, obtain
- need, want
- fail, be exhausted
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want, requirement
- need.
- Other relevant words
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Other antonyms
- abjure,
- abstain,
- cancel,
- cede,
- censure,
- check,
- combat,
- conceal,
- curb,
- decline,
- disapprove,
- discard,
- disclaim,
- disclose,
- disdain,
- dislike,
- disown,
- disregard,
- dissent,
- divulge,
- dump,
- encourage,
- enjoin,
- fight,
- forbid,
- give up,
- hand over,
- hide,
- hinder,
- impede,
- negative,
- object,
- oppose,
- overlook,
- part with,
- prohibit,
- protest,
- purchase,
- refrain,
- relinquish,
- renounce,
- repress,
- repudiate,
- resist,
- restrain,
- revoke,
- seek,
- show up,
- spurn,
- starve,
- succeed,
- suppress,
- tell,
- turn down,
- urge,
- veto,
- withhold,
- withstand,
- object to.
Antonym of the day
wreathes
- Antonyms:
- uncover, unwrap, stay.