need

Plural: needs

Noun

• a condition requiring relief
  • "she satisfied his need for affection"
  • "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"
• anything that is necessary but lacking
  • "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"
• the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
• a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  • "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
• A requirement for something; something needed.
• Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.

Verb

Verb Forms: needed, needing, needs

• To require something essential or urgent.
• require as useful, just, or proper
• have need of
• have or feel a need for
  • "always needing friends and money"
• To have an absolute requirement for.
• To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
• To be obliged or required (to do something).
• To be required; to be necessary.
• To be necessary (to someone).

Examples

• After ten days of hiking, I needed a shower and a shave.
• He knew he would need a ’Q’ for his next move, but it was nowhere to be found.
• I need never have packed my set of sunglasses - it rained all day every day.
• I need not go if I don't want to, need I?
• I was wondering if I need fill in more forms. - No, that's the only one you need fill out.
• I've always tried to have few needs beyond food, clothing and shelter.
• Living things need water to survive.
• Our needs are not being met.
• She grew irritated with his constant need for attention.
• There's no need to speculate; we can easily find out for sure.
• You do not always need to go to the library to study. You may use the Internet.

Synonyms

ask, call for, demand, indigence, involve, motivation, motive, necessitate, pauperism, pauperization, penury, postulate, require, take, want, be in need of, be without, desire, lack, occasion, use, will, wish for, would like

Antonyms

obviate

Related Words

in need