Wanter

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who desires or wishes for something, indicating a longing or aspiration towards acquiring that thing
2. An individual expressing a need or want for a particular object or experience, often highlighting an emotional or material craving
3. Someone who shows interest in obtaining a specific item or fulfills a particular wish, reflecting intent and desire in their actions

Etymology: "Wanter" is a plain formation: the noun "want" with the agentive suffix "-er," which turns a verb or noun into a term for someone or something that does the action. Its sense of "one who wants" follows the pattern of words like "writer" or "reader," so the meaning is easy to reconstruct from the parts. The word also has a second, quite different origin in the phrase "want to." In casual speech, "want to" is often run together into "wanna," and the same reduction can produce "wanter" in writing, so the noun can be heard as a contraction of "want to" as well. The two routes meet in everyday use, though the suffixed form is the one that actually describes a person with a craving.

Synonyms: desirer, seeker, yearner, longer, craver

Antonyms: giver, provider, donor, supplier, bestower