Words Like NEED

We have put together a list of words that are similar to NEED.

30 Alternative Words Similar to need

1 Demand Noun      Synonym Words Like Demand
2 Want Noun      Synonym Words Like Want
3 Condition Noun      Synonym Words Like Condition
4 Essential Noun      Synonym Words Like Essential
5 Status Noun      Synonym Words Like Status
6 Necessitate Verb      Synonym Words Like Necessitate
7 Ask Verb      Synonym Words Like Ask
8 Postulate Verb      Synonym Words Like Postulate
9 Require Verb      Synonym Words Like Require
10 Take Verb      Synonym Words Like Take
11 Involve Verb      Synonym Words Like Involve
12 Be Verb      Synonym Words Like Be
13 Obviate Verb      Antonym Words Like Obviate
14 Destitution Noun      Synonym Words Like Destitution
15 Business Noun      Synonym Words Like Business
16 Peril Noun      Synonym Words Like Peril
17 Danger Noun      Synonym Words Like Danger
18 Needing Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Needing
19 Lack Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Lack
20 Needs Adverb      Variant Words Like Needs
21 Cry Verb      Hyponym Words Like Cry
22 Draw Verb      Hyponym Words Like Draw
23 Exact Verb      Hyponym Words Like Exact
24 Claim Verb      Hyponym Words Like Claim
25 Compel Verb      Hyponym Words Like Compel
26 Cost Verb      Hyponym Words Like Cost
27 Life Noun      Hyponym Words Like Life
28 Ethics Noun      Hyponym Words Like Ethics
29 Morals Noun      Hyponym Words Like Morals
30 Morality Noun      Hyponym Words Like Morality

10 examples of need

1 God has no need of men to accomplish His work
2 there is a demand for jobs
3 I tried to supply his wants
4 a general state of need exists among the homeless
5 This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
6 This job asks a lot of patience and skill
7 This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
8 This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
9 success usually requires hard work
10 he acted with the best of motives

10 definitions of need

1 A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.
2 Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
3 That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business.
4 Situation of need; peril; danger.
5 To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.
6 To be wanted; to be necessary.
7 Of necessity. See needs.
8 a condition requiring relief
9 anything that is necessary but lacking
10 a state of extreme poverty or destitution
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