need

noun

(countable and uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed.

Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.

verb

(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.

(transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.

(intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.

(modal, chiefly in the negative and interrogative) To be obliged or required (to do something).

(obsolete, transitive) To be necessary (to someone).

Synonyms for need

wantv requirev demandn mustn necessityn askv necessaryadj should needfulnessn ought indigencen requirementn requisiteadj needinessn willn desiren cravev havev wishv desideratumn exigencyn

Words related to need

necessitatev needfuladj urgentlyadv cann overbuyadj cannot shouldst gottav needfullyadv requisitelyadv wannav dov could desirern takev would couldst canakin necessitationn

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