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Defenition of the word need

    • Defenition of the word need

      • To need a number or amount of something, but not having any at all.
      • The feeling of the lack of something.
      • To need a number or amount of something, but not having enough or any at all.
      • What is necessary to satisfy a need.
      • To feel that something is necessary.
      • a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
      • the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action; the reason for the action; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"
      • be obliged, required, or forced to
      • require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner demands a spectacular dessert"
      • have or feel a need for: "always wanting for friends and money"
      • be in want of
      • a condition requiring relief; "she satified his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs"
      • anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"
      • be logically necessary
      • have need of: "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
      • the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"
      • a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs"
      • have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
      • have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money"
      • require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert";
      • the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
      • anything that is necessary but lacking
      • a condition requiring relief
      • a state of extreme poverty or destitution
      • have need of
      • have or feel a need for
      • require as useful, just, or proper

    Synonyms for the word need

      • ask
      • basic
      • call for
      • could do with
      • demand
      • destitution
      • essential
      • hardship
      • have
      • have got
      • have to
      • indigence
      • involve
      • motivation
      • motive
      • must
      • necessary
      • necessitate
      • necessity
      • neediness
      • ought
      • pauperism
      • penury
      • poverty
      • prerequisite
      • require
      • requirement
      • requisite
      • should
      • take
      • want

    Similar words in the need

      • need
      • needed
      • needful
      • needfuls
      • needier
      • neediest
      • neediness
      • neediness's
      • needing
      • needled
      • needlepoint
      • needlepoint's
      • needlework
      • needlework's
      • needling
      • needn't
      • needs
      • needy

    Hyponyms for the word need

      • beggary
      • claim
      • compel
      • cost
      • cry
      • cry for
      • cry out for
      • deficiency
      • draw
      • ethical motive
      • ethics
      • exact
      • govern
      • imply
      • impulse
      • involve
      • irrational motive
      • lack
      • life
      • mendicancy
      • mendicity
      • mental energy
      • morality
      • morals
      • necessity
      • psychic energy
      • rational motive
      • take
      • urge
      • want

    Hypernyms for the word need

      • be
      • condition
      • desire
      • essential
      • impoverishment
      • necessary
      • necessity
      • poorness
      • poverty
      • psychological feature
      • requirement
      • requisite
      • status
      • want

    Antonyms for the word need

      • eliminate
      • obviate
      • rid of

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