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Detailed Synonyms for need in English

need:

to need verbe (needs, needed, needing)

  1. to need
    to require; to need; to want
    • require verbe (requires, required, requiring)
    • need verbe (needs, needed, needing)
    • want verbe (wants, wanted, wanting)
  2. to need
    to must; to want; to have to; to need
    • must verbe (must)
    • want verbe (wants, wanted, wanting)
    • have to verbe (has to, had to, having to)
    • need verbe (needs, needed, needing)
  3. to need
    to need
    • need verbe (needs, needed, needing)
  4. to need
    – have need of 1
    to require; to need; to want
    – have need of 1
    • require verbe (requires, required, requiring)
    • need verbe (needs, needed, needing)
    • want verbe (wants, wanted, wanting)
      • This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner1
  5. to need
    – have or feel a need for 1
    to need
    – have or feel a need for 1
    • need verbe (needs, needed, needing)
      • always needing friends and money1
  6. to need
    – require as useful, just, or proper 1
    to involve; to require; to demand; to need; to take; to ask; to postulate; to call for; to necessitate
    – require as useful, just, or proper 1
    • involve verbe (involves, involved, involving)
    • require verbe (requires, required, requiring)
      • success usually requires hard work1
    • demand verbe (demands, demanded, demanding)
      • This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice1
    • need verbe (needs, needed, needing)
    • take verbe (takes, took, taking)
      • It takes nerve to do what she did1
    • ask verbe (asks, asked, asking)
      • This job asks a lot of patience and skill1
    • postulate verbe (postulates, postulated, postulating)
      • This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent1
    • call for verbe (calls for, called for, calling for)
    • necessitate verbe (necessitates, necessitated, necessitating)

Conjugations for need:

present
  1. need
  2. need
  3. needs
  4. need
  5. need
  6. need
simple past
  1. needed
  2. needed
  3. needed
  4. needed
  5. needed
  6. needed
present perfect
  1. have needed
  2. have needed
  3. has needed
  4. have needed
  5. have needed
  6. have needed
past continuous
  1. was needing
  2. were needing
  3. was needing
  4. were needing
  5. were needing
  6. were needing
future
  1. shall need
  2. will need
  3. will need
  4. shall need
  5. will need
  6. will need
continuous present
  1. am needing
  2. are needing
  3. is needing
  4. are needing
  5. are needing
  6. are needing
subjunctive
  1. be needed
  2. be needed
  3. be needed
  4. be needed
  5. be needed
  6. be needed
diverse
  1. need!
  2. let's need!
  3. needed
  4. needing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

need [the ~] nom

  1. the need
    the necessity; the need; the destitution; the disaster; the adversity
  2. the need
    the need; the neediness; the destitution
  3. the need
    the helplessness; the need
  4. the need
    the poverty; the lack; the paucity; the destitution; the dearth; the hardship; the penury; the need; the want
  5. the need
    – 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 1
    the need; the motivation; the motive
    – 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 1
    • need [the ~] nom
    • motivation [the ~] nom
      • we did not understand his motivation1
    • motive [the ~] nom
      • he acted with the best of motives1
  6. the need
    – anything that is necessary but lacking 1
    the need; the want
    – anything that is necessary but lacking 1
    • need [the ~] nom
      • he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs1
    • want [the ~] nom
      • I tried to supply his wants1
  7. the need
    – a condition requiring relief 1
    the demand; the need
    – a condition requiring relief 1
    • demand [the ~] nom
      • there is a demand for jobs1
    • need [the ~] nom
      • she satisfied his need for affection1
      • God has no need of men to accomplish His work1
  8. the need
    – a state of extreme poverty or destitution 1
    the need; the penury; the pauperization; the indigence; the pauperism; the pauperisation
    – a state of extreme poverty or destitution 1

Related Words for "need":

  • needing, needs

Alternate Synonyms for "need":


Antonyms for "need":


Related Definitions for "need":

  1. 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 behavior1
  2. anything that is necessary but lacking1
    • he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs1
  3. a condition requiring relief1
    • she satisfied his need for affection1
    • God has no need of men to accomplish His work1
  4. a state of extreme poverty or destitution1
    • a general state of need exists among the homeless1
  5. have need of1
  6. have or feel a need for1
    • always needing friends and money1
  7. require as useful, just, or proper1

Related Synonyms for need