need

The word “need” has 1 syllable: need

It's pronounced as /niːd/

What is synonym and antonym for need?

In the thesaurus, “need” has 173 synonyms and 63 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for need along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for need

absence
advantage
appointment
arrangement
ask
austerity
bankruptcy
be deficient
be deprived
be down and out
be hard up
be in need of
be in want
be inadequate
be needy
be poor
be short
be without
bear
beg
beggary
belt-tightening
burden
call for
challenge
charge
claim
coercion
command
commitment
committal
compact
compulsion
condition
constraint
contract
covenant
covet
crave
dearth
debt
defect
deficiency
deficit
demand
deprivation
desideration
desideratum
desire
destituteness
destitution
devoir
die for
distress
do
do without
drive for
duress
duty
edge
emergency
engagement
enjoin
entail
essential
exact
exigency
extremity
famishment
feel a dearth of
feel the necessity for
feel the pinch
force
go hungry
gutter
hanker
have occasion for
have occasion to
have use for
hunger
hurt for
impecuniosity
impecuniousness
imperative
impoverishment
inadequacy
incumbency
indigence
insist
insolvency
insufficiency
involve
lack
long
longing
lust
meagerness
minus
misery
miss
must
must-have
necessary
necessitate
necessity
needful
needfulness
neediness
oath
obligation
occasion
office
onus
ought
pact
paucity
pauperism
payment
pennilessness
penuriousness
penury
pinching
pine
pledge
plus
poorness
poverty
prearrangement
precondition
prerequisite
press
privation
promise
quest
rainy day
require
requirement
requisite
reservation
responsibility
restraint
right
scantiness
scarceness
scarcity
setup
shall
shortage
should
sine qua non
skimpiness
stipulate
straitening
suffer privation
take
the urge
thirst
tribute
troth
trust
urgency
use
vow
want
warrant
weakness
will
wish
woe
word
wretchedness
yearn
yen for

Antonyms for need

abjure
abundance
adequacy
affluence
alternative
amenity
choice
comfort
despise
discharge
dislike
do not want
ease
enough
excess
exemption
extra
extravagance
fill
fortune
frill
fund
give
grace
hate
have
hoard
hold
indulgence
loophole
luxury
nonessential
nonnecessity
not want
option
opulence
overabundance
oversupply
own
pick
plenty
pool
possess
postponement
preference
prosperity
release
relief
riches
richness
selection
stay
stock
stockpile
sufficiency
superfluity
supply
surfeit
surplus
surplusage
waiver
wealth
wealthiness

Meanings of need

noun
1. A requirement for something; something needed.
2. Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
verb
1. To have an absolute requirement for.
2. To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
3. (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
4. To be required; to be necessary.
5. To be necessary (to someone).

Example Sentences

Need drives human behavior, motivating individuals to seek out resources for survival.
As temperatures dropped, the homeless sought shelter to escape the cold and fulfill their basic needs.
Education is often seen as a pathway to addressing societal needs and improving quality of life.
The charity organization provides assistance to families in dire need of food and shelter.
Effective communication is essential in understanding the needs and desires of others in both personal and professional relationships.

On this page you'll find 236 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to need, such as: abjure, absence, abundance, adequacy, advantage, affluence, alternative.

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