Need

Words related to needing something for some purpose.

• What words refer to needing something?
  need be in need of require be a need for could do with have a need be in a pinch be in want
• What words refer to needing something very much?
  be desperate for be crying out for can't do without be dependent on depend on rely on be reliant on badly need
• What words refer to something that is needed?
  someone's needs necessity requirement need (n)
• What words describe something that is needed?
  necessary essential vital indispensable be a necessity be a must requisite prerequisite required
• What words refer to a situation in which someone needs something?
  need (n) time of need dependence reliance
• What words describe someone who needs something?
  needy dependent
• What words refer to something needing something done to it?
  need be in need of could do with
• What words indicate that something makes it necessary to do something?
  make it necessary necessitate call for entail take need require
• What words refer to providing something that is needed?
  meet a need satisfy a need fulfill requirements meet requirements meet the demand fill a need
• What words refer to not needing something?
  don't need can do without can manage without have no need of have no use for can dispense with
• What words describe something that is not needed?
  unnecessary needless gratuitous dispensable luxury
• What words describe someone who does not need anything?
  independent