Needs Synonyms and Antonyms

nēdz
An act or course of action that is demanded of one, as by position, custom, law, or religion
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. responsibilities
  2. duties
  3. charges
  4. burdens
  5. obligations
  6. musts
  7. imperatives
  8. commitments
The condition of being extremely poor
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. wants
  2. privations
Anything that is necessary but lacking
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. wants
  2. inadequacies
  3. insufficiencies
  4. exigencies
  5. demands
  6. shortages
Antonyms:
  1. comforts
  2. luxuries
  3. fortunes
Require as useful, just, or proper
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. requires
  2. wants
  3. lacks
  4. necessitates
  5. yearns
  6. obliges
  7. involves
  8. thirsts
  9. demands
  10. takes
  11. pinches
  12. hungers
  13. hankers
  14. postulates
  15. distresses
  16. desires
  17. asks
  18. craves
  19. misses
Antonyms:
  1. holds
  2. owns
A condition in which something necessary or desirable is required or wanted
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. necessities
  2. exigencies
In such a manner as could not be otherwise
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. inevitably
  2. necessarily
  3. of necessity

Needs Sentence Examples

  • She needs to learn her place fast.

  • She needs to rest.

  • She had been so distracted with her own troubles that his interests and needs had been ignored.

  • He needs someone to look after his house while he's working the ranch.

  • He needs to learn some control.

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