Deprivation, be crying out for, be compelled to, call, demand, badly off, and crisis are all synonyms for need.
Optional, abundance, and surplus are antonyms of need. And here are 87 another word for need.
Another word for need
1. require
- Be crying out for
- Be desperate for
- Be in need of
- Be in want of
- Be short of
- Be without
- Call for
- Called for
- Compulsory
- Demand
- Desired
- Entail
- Essential
- Have need of
- Have occasion for/to
- Involve
- Lack
- Lacking
- Miss
- Necessary
- Necessitate
- Obligatory
- Require
- Required
- Requisite
- Stand in need of
- Want
- Wanted
- Mandatory
2. have to
- Be compelled to
- Be obliged to
- Be under a compulsion to
- Be under an obligation to
- Have to
- Have need to
3. necessity
- Call
- Demand
- Necessity
- Obligation
- Requirement
- Exigency
4. essential
- Demand
- Essential
- Necessity
- Prerequisite
- Requirement
- Requisite
- Want
- Wish
- Desideratum
5. neediness
- Badly off
- Crisis
- Deprivation
- Deprived
- Destitute
- Destitution
- Difficulty
- Dire/desperate straits
- Disadvantaged
- Distress
- Emergency
- Exigency
- Extremity
- Hardship
- Impecunious
- Impecuniousness
- Impoverished
- In want
- Indigence
- Indigent
- Neediness
- Needy
- On the breadline
- Penurious
- Penury
- Poor
- Poverty-stricken
- Poverty
- Privation
- Requiring help
- Trouble
- Unable to make ends meet
- Underprivileged
- Urgency
- Want
- Necessitous
Need synonyms statistics
The verb "need" has a variety of synonyms that differ in length. 8 synonyms with 4 letters, 1 synonym with 5 letters, 9 synonyms with 6 letters, 8 synonyms with 7 letters, 7 synonyms with 8 letters, 17 synonyms with 9 letters, 7 synonyms with 10 letters, 7 synonyms with 11 letters, 2 synonyms with 12 letters, 4 synonyms with 13 letters, 3 synonyms with 14 letters, 3 synonyms with 15 letters, 1 synonym with 17 letters, 3 synonyms with 20 letters, and 1 synonym with 21 letters, for a total of 81 synonyms for need.
Need sentences
You need to rest after the workout.
I need a break from studying.
He doesn’t need any assistance today.
We need to leave before it gets dark.
They need to fix the broken chair.
Similar to need
| Word |
Opposites |
Synonyms |
| Pioneer |
Follower, imitator |
Settler, colonist |
| Greedy |
Temperate, ascetic |
Gluttonous, ravenous |
| Indeed |
Moderately, slightly, by no means |
As expected, to be sure |
| Freedom |
Dependence, restriction |
Independence, self-government |
| Feedback |
Silence, neglect |
Response, reaction |