needs

The word “needs” has 1 syllable: needs

It's pronounced as /niːdz/

What is synonym and antonym for needs?

In the thesaurus, “needs” has 99 synonyms and 33 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for needs

advantages
appointments
arrangements
asks
bears
begs
burdens
calls for
challenges
charges
claims
coercions
commands
commitments
compacts
compulsions
conditions
constraints
contracts
covenants
debts
demands
desiderata
desiderations
devoirs
dos
duresses
duties
edges
engagements
enjoins
entails
essentials
exacts
exigencies
exigency
forces
imperatives
incumbencies
ineluctably
inescapably
inevitably
insists
involuntarily
involves
ipso facto
lacks
must
must-haves
musts
necessaries
necessarily
necessitates
necessities
necessity
need
needfuls
oaths
obligations
offices
onuses
pacts
payments
perforce
pledges
pluses
plusses
pre-arrangements
prearrangements
preconditions
prerequisites
presses
promises
quests
requirement
requirements
requires
requisites
reservations
responsibilities
restraints
setups
shall
should
sine qua nons
sine quibus non
stipulates
takes
tributes
troths
trusts
unavoidably
vows
want
wants
warrants
will
wishes
words

Antonyms for needs

alternatives
amenities
choices
comforts
discharges
eases
exemptions
extras
extravagances
frills
graces
has
holds
indulgences
loopholes
luxuries
nonessentials
nonnecessities
options
owns
picks
possesses
postponements
preferences
releases
reliefs
selections
stays
superfluities
surplusages
surpluses
unnecessarily
waivers

Meanings of needs

adverb
1. Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; used with an auxiliary verb (often must), and equivalent to "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

The project has specific needs that must be addressed before it can move forward.
Everyone has different needs when it comes to education and learning styles.
She understands that the team needs more resources to complete the task effectively.
The charity focuses on providing for the basic needs of families in the community.
It’s important to recognize and prioritize your own emotional needs for better mental health.

On this page you'll find 132 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to needs, such as: advantages, alternatives, amenities, appointments, arrangements, asks, bears.

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