Veto
Veto verb - To reject by or as if by a vote.
Want
Want verb - To have an earnest wish to own or enjoy.
How words are described
| complete | complete veto | complete want |
| absolute | absolute veto | absolute want |
| important | important veto | important want |
Common collocations
| name | veto name | want name |
| relationship | veto relationship | want relationship |
| time | veto time | want time |
| characters | veto characters | want characters |
| Other words: whatever. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- This is also the way some governors in US states work: They don't want to sign a bill that has passed through the state legislature, but they also don't want to veto it and kill the bill.
Source: Loophole Abuse / Real Life Law - The show trumps everything else, and the show's writing staff may personally veto any comic plotline that IDW's writers want to put out, but otherwise there's no real collaboration.
Source: Broad Strokes - The king does not want to see her married off and resorts to this as a form of Parental Marriage Veto.
Source: Engagement Challenge
Cite this Source
Want and Veto. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/veto/want
Veto & Want. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/veto/want>.
Want or Veto. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/veto/want.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "veto" and "want" have occurred on timeline