Less
Less adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.
Wanting and less are semantically related in reduction topic. In some cases you can use "Wanting" instead a preposition "Less".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- For a Female PC Sion wanting to kill you is actually less about you being a Jedi and more about his master replacing him with you and him not wanting you to undergo the same torture he did.
Source: Ship Tease / Video Games - On a less grandiose level, Juliet's Nurse is torn between wanting Juliet to be happy with Romeo, and wanting her to be happy at all.
Source: Conflicting Loyalty - The male version tends to be less common nowadays (or at least called out more often); as with Marty Stu, he's falling victim to men wanting more realistic protagonists.
Source: Jerk Sue
Cite this Source
Wanting and Less. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/less/wanting
Less & Wanting. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/less/wanting>.
Wanting or Less. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/less/wanting.
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