Need Synonyms and Antonyms
nēd
A requirement
(Noun)
Synonyms:
- necessity
- exigency
- necessary
- demand
- requisite
- requirement
- exigence
- obligation
- compulsion
- call
- want
- essential
- urgency
- matter of life and death
- desideratum
- motivation
- sine qua non (Latin)
- must
- be compelled to
- require
- if it is required
- if the occasion demands
- if necessary
- motive
Antonyms:
Something indispensable
(Noun)
An act or course of action that is demanded of one, as by position, custom, law, or religion
(Noun)
To be required or compelled to do
(Verb)
Synonyms:
- require
- lack
- feel the necessity for
- be in need
- must
- suffer privation
- be in want
- be destitute
- be-short
- be inadequate
- have occasion for
- feel a dearth
- have use for
- have need for
- miss
- be without
- do-without
- be needy
- be poor
- be bereft
- be deprived of
- be deficient in
- go hungry
- not approach
- live from hand to mouth
- feel-the-pinch
- be down and out
- be hard up
- be up against it
- do with
Words Related to Need
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