need

Speech parts

1. need - Noun

2. need - Verb

Meaning

A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.

That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business.

Situation of need; peril; danger.

To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.

To be wanted; to be necessary.

Of necessity. See Needs.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

want require indigence penury take demand desire poverty necessity necessitate destitution exigency must lack essential

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Antonyms

clover elysium oscar commissariat palm highlife

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Hypernyms

necessary condition essential poverty requirement necessity

Hyponyms

life take cost lack claim want

Phrases with the word

need to I need ... I need you no need We need in need

Derivatives

needed needing

Anagrams

eden dene deen ende

Examples

If you have absolute faith in God, you have no need to ask for, or worry about, anything, for He already knows and understands. Paisios of Mount Athos

You need Power, only when you want to do something harmful otherwise Love is enough to get everything done. Charlie Chaplin

In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest. Aesop

A friend in need is a friend indeed. Spanish Proverb

Need is a bad negotiator. Icelandic Proverb

If you buy things you don't need, you will soon be selling things you do need. Filipino Proverb

Close letter words and terms

neece Neech neechee need at some point in time need for acceptance need for approval