I need to ask you a silly question.
Source: tatoeba (1417)
Need
//niːd//
Synonyms for "need" (215 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (43)
Strong matches (65)
consequenceconstraintcovetcravecry forcry out forcuriositydearthdefalcationdefectdefectivenessdeficiencydeficitdemanddemand fordeprivationdesiderationdesideratumdestitutiondevoir
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difficultydiscontinuitydistressdrivedroughtduedutyeagernessemergencyempty purseessentialessentialsexactexactionexigencyexpectextremityfaminefancyfantasyfundamentalgapgogo on welfaregrinding povertygripehand-to-mouth existencehankerhavehave got tohave need tohave occasion forhave tohiatushomelessnesshopehormehungerimpecuniousnessimperfectionimpoverishmentin need of
Noun(1 words)
Related words (107)
incompletenessindicateindispensableinsufficiencyintellectual curiosityintervallacklacunalibidolonglust for learningmendicancymindmissmissing linkmoneylessnessmotivationmustmust itemnecessaries
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necessarilynecessarynecessitatenecessitiesnecessitousnessneed forneed toneedfulnessneedinessneedn’tneeds mustobligationoccasionomissionoughtoutagepassionpaucitypauperismpauperizationpenurypinchpinepleasurepleasure principlepoornesspovertyprerequireprerequirementprerequisiteprivationrequirerequirementrequisiterequisitionrightrun short ofscarcitysexual desireshortageshortcomingshortfallshouldsine qua nonstarvationstarvestomachstresstake doingthe necessarythe needfulthirstthirst for knowledgetroubleullageurgeurgencyusewant doingwantagewantingwarrantwaywillwill and pleasurewilly nillywishwish fulfillmentyearn
How these synonyms differ
- demand - 'Demand' implies need expressed with force, something demands your attention, a job demands long hours. There's no room for negotiation.
- depend on - 'Depend on' emphasizes reliance, you need it because removing it would cause your situation to collapse or degrade.
- lack - 'Lack' frames need as absence, you lack the resources, the skills, the time. It diagnoses the gap rather than expressing the urgency.
- require - 'Require' is formal and objective, systems require inputs, applications require documents. It strips away the emotional urgency that 'need' can carry.
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OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Antonyms
10 entriesSynonyms
8 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescapable of
1 entriescauses desire
5 entriesderived
69 entriesI need ...I need a guideI need to vomita friend in need is a friend indeeda woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicyclebaby needs new shoesbasic needscall-by-needcitation neededdo you need an invitationdo you need helpdo you need to use the bathroomevery king needs a queenfeelinggood wine needs no bushhour of need
Showing 16 of 69 words.
distinct from
5 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
109 entriesShowing 16 of 109 words.
similar
3 entriesTranslations
398 translations across 116 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- need noun (something required)
Albanian
2 entries- nevojë noun (something required)
- nevojit verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- χρεία noun (something required)
- χρεία noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- δέω verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- δέω verb (to want strongly)
Arabic
4 entries- اِحْتِيَاج noun (something required)
- حَاجَة noun (something required)
- ضَرُورَة noun (something required)
- اِحْتَاجَ verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Armenian
3 entries- անհրաժեշտություն noun (something required)
- կարիք noun (something required)
- կարիք ունենալ verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܣܢܝܼܩܵܐ verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- darlıq-korluq noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- ehtiyac noun (something required)
- ehtiyac noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- imkansızlıq noun (lack of means of subsistence)
Bashkir
2 entries- ихтыяж noun (something required)
- кәрәклек noun (something required)
Basque
2 entries- behar noun (something required)
- behar verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Belarusian
3 entries- ну́жа noun (something required)
- патрэ́ба noun (something required)
- патрабава́ць verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Bengali
2 entries- দরকার noun (something required)
- প্রয়োজন noun (something required)
Bikol Central
1 entries- kaipohan noun (something required)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бе́дност noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- необходи́мост noun (something required)
- ну́жда noun (something required)
- потре́бност noun (something required)
Burmese
2 entries- လို verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- လိုအပ် verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Catalan
4 entries- necessitat noun (something required)
- necessitat noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- caldre verb (to be obliged to)
- haver de verb (to be obliged to)
Cebuano
1 entries- kinahanglan noun (something required)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پێ ویستن verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏂᎬᎦ verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 需求 noun (something required)
- 得 verb (to be obliged to)
- 必要 verb (to be obliged to)
- 必需 verb (to be obliged to)
Church Slavic
1 entries- ноужда noun (something required)
Czech
2 entries- potřeba noun (something required)
- potřebovat verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Danish
4 entries- behov noun (something required)
- nød noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- behøve verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- behøve verb (to want strongly)
Dutch
4 entries- behoefte noun (something required)
- nood noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- behoeven verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- benodigen verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Egyptian
1 entries- DA-A-r:V32-A2 noun (something required)
Esperanto
3 entries- bezono noun (something required)
- bezoni verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- devi verb (to be obliged to)
Estonian
2 entries- pidama verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- vajama verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Evenki
1 entries- гэлэ verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Faroese
4 entries- tarvur noun (something required)
- trongd noun (something required)
- tørvur noun (something required)
- mega verb (to be obliged to)
Finnish
4 entries- köyhyys noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- puute noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- syy noun (something required)
- tarve noun (something required)
French
4 entries- besoin noun (something required)
- nécessité noun (something required)
- avoir besoin de verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- avoir besoin de verb (to want strongly)
Friulian
2 entries- bisugne noun (something required)
- necessitât noun (something required)
Galician
4 entries- laceira noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- necesidade noun (something required)
- necesidade noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- cumprir verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Georgian
1 entries- საჭიროება verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
German
4 entries- Bedarf noun (something required)
- Bedürfnis noun (something required)
- Not noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- Notwendigkeit noun (something required)
Gothic
4 entries- 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰 noun (something required)
- 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰 noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 noun (something required)
- 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Greek
1 entries- χρειάζομαι verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Haitian Creole
2 entries- bezwen noun (something required)
- bezwen verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Hebrew
2 entries- צורך \ צֹרֶךְ noun (something required)
- צריך verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Hiligaynon
2 entries- kilinahanglanon noun (something required)
- kinahanglan noun (something required)
Hindi
4 entries- आवश्यकता noun (something required)
- ज़रूरत noun (something required)
- ज़रूरत होना verb (to want strongly)
- मुहताज होना verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Hungarian
3 entries- szükség noun (something required)
- szükséglet noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- kell verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Icelandic
3 entries- þörf noun (something required)
- þurfa verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- þurfa verb (to be obliged to)
Ido
2 entries- bezono noun (something required)
- bezonar verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Ilocano
1 entries- kasapulan noun (something required)
Indonesian
2 entries- memerlukan verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- perlu verb (to want strongly)
Ingrian
4 entries- hoolia verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- hoolia verb (to want strongly)
- hoolia verb (to be obliged to)
- pittää verb (to be obliged to)
Interlingua
3 entries- besonio noun (something required)
- necessitate noun (something required)
- besoniar verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Irish
4 entries- gá noun (something required)
- riachtanas noun (something required)
- caithfidh verb (to be obliged to)
- is gá do verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Istriot
1 entries- bazuogno noun (something required)
Italian
4 entries- bisogno noun (something required)
- esigenza noun (something required)
- indigenza noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- necessità noun (something required)
Japanese
4 entries- 必要 noun (something required)
- ...が必要 verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- しなければいけない verb (to be obliged to)
- 必要する verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Kannada
1 entries- ಆವಶ್ಯಕ್ತೇ noun (something required)
Khmer
2 entries- ចាំបាច់ verb (to be obliged to)
- ត្រូវការ verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Korean
4 entries- 필요 noun (something required)
- 요하다 verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- 요하다 verb (to want strongly)
- 필요하다 verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Ladino
1 entries- tener menester de verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Lao
1 entries- ຕ້ອງການ verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Latin
4 entries- necessitas noun (something required)
- necessitudo noun (something required)
- opus noun (something required)
- debeo verb (to be obliged to)
Latvian
2 entries- vajadzība noun (something required)
- vajadzēt verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Ligurian
1 entries- bezéugno noun (something required)
Lithuanian
1 entries- reikėti verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Lombard
1 entries- bisogn noun (something required)
Macedonian
4 entries- зорт noun (something required)
- нужда noun (something required)
- потреба noun (something required)
- мора verb (to be obliged to)
Magahi
2 entries- 𑂏𑂩𑂔 noun (something required)
- 𑂔𑂩𑂳𑂃𑂞 noun (something required)
Malay
3 entries- keperluan noun (something required)
- memerlukan verb (to want strongly)
- perlu verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Malayalam
4 entries- ആവശ്യം noun (something required)
- വേണം noun (something required)
- വേണ്ടത് noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- ആവശ്യമാണ് verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Maltese
2 entries- bżonn noun (something required)
- għand bżonn verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Marathi
3 entries- आवश्यकता noun (something required)
- गरज noun (something required)
- गरज असणे verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Mauritian Creole
1 entries- bizin verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Mongolian
1 entries- дутагдах verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Māori
1 entries- matea verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Nanai
1 entries- гэлэ verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Navajo
1 entries- tʼáá ákónéehee átʼé verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Ngazidja Comorian
2 entries- hadja noun (something required)
- ukaya na utadjifu wa verb (to want strongly)
Norman
1 entries- bésouogn noun (something required)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- pê vên verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Northern Sami
3 entries- dárbbašit verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- fertet verb (to be obliged to)
- galgat verb (to be obliged to)
Norwegian
2 entries- trenge verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- trenge verb (to want strongly)
Occitan
3 entries- besonh noun (something required)
- necessitat noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- necessitar verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- нужа noun (something required)
Old English
3 entries- þarf noun (something required)
- motan verb (to be obliged to)
- þurfan verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Old French
1 entries- besoing noun (something required)
Old Saxon
4 entries- tharf noun (something required)
- motan verb (to be obliged to)
- thurvan verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- thurƀan verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یوقسوللق noun (lack of means of subsistence)
Pangasinan
1 entries- kaokulan noun (something required)
Persian
4 entries- احتیاج noun (something required)
- ضرورت noun (something required)
- نیاز noun (something required)
- احتیاج داشتن verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Bederfniss noun (something required)
- Muss noun (something required)
Polish
3 entries- potrzeba noun (something required)
- potrzeba noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- potrzebować verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Portuguese
4 entries- necessidade noun (something required)
- necessidade noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- necessitar verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- necessitar verb (to be obliged to)
Romanian
4 entries- cerință noun (something required)
- necesitate noun (something required)
- nevoie noun (something required)
- avea nevoie de verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Romansch
2 entries- basegn noun (something required)
- avair basegn da verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Russian
4 entries- необходи́мость noun (something required)
- нужда́ noun (something required)
- потре́ба noun (something required)
- потре́бность noun (something required)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- feum noun (something required)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nužda noun (something required)
- potreba noun (something required)
- нужда noun (something required)
- потреба noun (something required)
Sicilian
1 entries- bisognu noun (something required)
Slovak
2 entries- potreba noun (something required)
- potrebovať verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Slovene
4 entries- potrebovati verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- potrebovati verb (to want strongly)
- rabiti verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- rabiti verb (to want strongly)
Southern Altai
1 entries- керексинер verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Spanish
4 entries- egestad noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- menesteres noun (something required)
- necesidad noun (something required)
- necesidad noun (lack of means of subsistence)
Swahili
3 entries- haja noun (something required)
- uhitaji noun (something required)
- hitaji verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Swedish
4 entries- behov noun (something required)
- nöd noun (lack of means of subsistence)
- behöva verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- måste verb (to be obliged to)
Tagalog
4 entries- kailangan noun (something required)
- pangangailangan noun (something required)
- kailanganin verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- mangailangan verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Tajik
4 entries- зарурат noun (something required)
- ниёз noun (something required)
- талабот noun (something required)
- ниёз доштан verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Tamil
1 entries- தேவை noun (something required)
Telugu
1 entries- అవసరము noun (something required)
Thai
2 entries- จำเป็น verb (to be obliged to)
- ต้องการ verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Tibetan
2 entries- དགོས verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- མཁོ verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Turkish
4 entries- eksik noun (something required)
- gereklilik noun (something required)
- gereksinim noun (something required)
- ihtiyaç noun (something required)
Ukrainian
4 entries- необхі́дність noun (something required)
- ну́жа noun (something required)
- нужда́ noun (something required)
- потре́ба noun (something required)
Urdu
1 entries- ضرورت noun (something required)
Uyghur
4 entries- ئېھتىياج noun (something required)
- زۆرۈرىيەت noun (something required)
- كېرەكلىك noun (something required)
- لازىملىق noun (something required)
Uzbek
2 entries- ehtiyoj noun (something required)
- lozimlik noun (something required)
Venetan
1 entries- bixogno noun (something required)
Vietnamese
4 entries- nhu cầu noun (something required)
- cần verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
- cần verb (to want strongly)
- cần phải verb (to be obliged to)
Waray-Waray
2 entries- kasuko noun (something required)
- kinahanglan noun (something required)
Yiddish
2 entries- באַדאַרף noun (something required)
- דאַרפֿן verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Zhuang
1 entries- aeuyungh verb (to have an absolute requirement for)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
It's too bad that I don't need to lose weight.
Source: tatoeba (1428)
Do you really need to ask the question to know the answer?
Source: tatoeba (1489)
Let me know if I need to make any changes.
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