Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "need" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

bounty give have luxury satisfied sufficient unnecessary unwanted want wants

Capable Of

opener

Causes Desire

buy buy for loved one create idea paint house write program

Derived Terms

I need ... I need a guide I need to vomit a friend in need is a friend indeed a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle baby needs new shoes basic needs call-by-need citation needed do you need an invitation do you need help do you need to use the bathroom every king needs a queen feeling good wine needs no bush hour of need if need be if needs be in dire need of in need last thing one needs like one needs a hole in the head need I say more need more time in the oven need no introduction need not need one's bumps need one's bumps felt need one's eyes checked need one's head examined need to need-based need-blind need-fire need-not need-to-know needable needcessity needed needer needful needfully needfulness needily neediness needless needlessly needlessness needling needly needment needs analysis needs-blind needsome needways needwise needworthy needy never ask the barber if you need a haircut no need on a need-to-know basis pass-by-need preneed special needs time the deed to the need unneeded with friends like these who needs enemies with friends like those who needs enemies you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

Distinct From

drugs getting having want wants

Etymologically Related To

needly

Context

modal verb

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

be bear on come to concern condition essential exist have to do with impoverishment necessary necessity pertain poorness poverty psychological feature refer relate require requirement requisite status touch touch on want

Type Of (IsA)

condition context necessity spatially localized situation

Related Terms

in need

Related Terms

absolutely absolutely necessary badly basic basic requirement before before greed beyond beyond want demand desire desire require desire something desired desperate desperate want desperately desperately want emotion es essential essential necessary feed feeling food food shelter friend friend in greed have have to human i want important in need item like like feed like meed like require like want longing looks looks like meaning meed much must must have must nave nave necessary necessary desire necessary thing necessary want necessitate necessity needed nothing people personal personal requirement poor poor people poverty really really require really want require required required item requirement serious serious want shelter similar similar want something necessary strong strong desire strong want stronger stronger want strongly support two two es urgency urgent urgent wish want want badly want desire want desperately want much want something want strongly wanted wanting wanting badly wanting something wants water water shelter what what you wish yearning you want

Similar Terms

claim exact take

Synonym Network

be desire in need of indigence motivation necessitate necessity want

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