Need Synonyms and Antonyms

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A requirement
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. necessity
  2. exigency
  3. necessary
  4. demand
  5. requisite
  6. requirement
  7. exigence
  8. obligation
  9. compulsion
  10. call
  11. want
  12. essential
  13. urgency
  14. matter of life and death
  15. desideratum
  16. motivation
  17. sine qua non (Latin)
  18. must
  19. be compelled to
  20. require
  21. if it is required
  22. if the occasion demands
  23. if necessary
  24. motive
Antonyms:
  1. have
Something indispensable
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. condition
  2. essential
  3. must
  4. necessity
  5. precondition
  6. prerequisite
  7. requirement
  8. requisite
  9. sine qua non
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An act or course of action that is demanded of one, as by position, custom, law, or religion
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. obligation
  2. burden
  3. charge
  4. commitment
  5. duty
  6. imperative
  7. must
  8. responsibility
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To be required or compelled to do
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. require
  2. lack
  3. feel the necessity for
  4. be in need
  5. must
  6. suffer privation
  7. be in want
  8. be destitute
  9. be-short
  10. be inadequate
  11. have occasion for
  12. feel a dearth
  13. have use for
  14. have need for
  15. miss
  16. be without
  17. do-without
  18. be needy
  19. be poor
  20. be bereft
  21. be deprived of
  22. be deficient in
  23. go hungry
  24. not approach
  25. live from hand to mouth
  26. feel-the-pinch
  27. be down and out
  28. be hard up
  29. be up against it
  30. do with
Antonyms:
  1. have
  2. own
  3. hold
  4. do-not-want

Words Related to Need

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. rich
  2. owned
  3. over
  4. need-for
  5. need to
  6. allow
  7. be able
  8. needs
  9. in-need
  10. cando
  11. have-to

Need Sentence Examples

  • He did not need anything of that kind.

  • There was no need to rush.

  • I am sorry, for I need you.

  • You will need a sitter for the party anyway.

  • Still, a person didn't need to say it to feel it.

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