need
verb
[ niːd ]
• require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable.
• "I need help now"
Similar:
require,
be in need of,
stand in need of,
have need of,
want,
be in want of,
be crying out for,
be desperate for,
demand,
call for,
necessitate,
entail,
involve,
have occasion for/to,
lack,
be without,
be short of,
miss,
necessary,
required,
wanted,
desired,
lacking,
called for,
essential,
requisite,
compulsory,
obligatory,
mandatory,
• expressing necessity or obligation.
• "need I say more?"
Similar:
have to,
be under an obligation to,
be obliged to,
be compelled to,
be under a compulsion to,
have need to,
• be necessary.
• "lest you, even more than needs, embitter our parting"
need
noun
• circumstances in which something is necessary; necessity.
• "the basic human need for food"
• a thing that is wanted or required.
• "his day-to-day needs"
• the state of requiring help, or of lacking basic necessities such as food.
• "help us in our hour of need"
Similar:
neediness,
want,
poverty,
deprivation,
privation,
hardship,
penury,
destitution,
indigence,
impecuniousness,
difficulty,
trouble,
distress,
crisis,
emergency,
urgency,
extremity,
dire/desperate straits,
exigency,
needy,
requiring help,
deprived,
disadvantaged,
underprivileged,
in want,
poor,
badly off,
unable to make ends meet,
impoverished,
poverty-stricken,
destitute,
penurious,
impecunious,
indigent,
on the breadline,
necessitous,
Origin:
Old English nēodian (verb), nēod, nēd (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nood and German Not ‘danger’.
