a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation

There is no need for you to go there.

a lack of something wanted or deemed necessary

to fulfill the needs of the assignment.

urgent want, as of something requisite

He has no need of your charity.

necessity arising from the circumstances of a situation or case

There is no need to worry.

a situation or time of difficulty; exigency

to help a friend in need; to be a friend in need.

a condition marked by the lack of something requisite

the need for leadership.

destitution; extreme poverty

The family's need is acute.

to have need of; require

to need money.

to be under an obligation (used as an auxiliary, typically in an interrogative or in a negative statement, and fol. by infinitive, in certain cases without to; in the 3d pers. sing. the form is need, not needs )

He need not go.

to be in need or want.

to be necessary

There needs no apology.

if need be

should the necessity arise

If need be, I can type the letters myself.

noun

have , luxury , riches , wealth , comfort , fortune , plenty

verb

do not want , have

noun

charge , commitment , committal , compulsion , demand , desideratum , devoir , duty , essential , exigency , extremity , longing , must , obligation , occasion , ought , requisite , right , the urge , urgency , use , weakness , wishnotes:knead means to make into a uniform mass , as by folding , pressing , and stretching with the hands or manually manipulate someone\'s body usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; a need (noun) is something required or wanted - need (verb) means to require or have a need of , deprivation , destitution , distress , impecuniousness , impoverishment , inadequacy , indigence , insufficiency , lack , neediness , paucity , pennilessness , penury , poorness , privation , shortage , wantnotes:knead means to make into a uniform mass , deficiency , necessity , exigence , precondition , prerequisite , requirement , sine qua non , want , burden , imperative , responsibility , beggary , impecuniosity , penuriousness

verb

be deficient , be deprived , be down and out , be hard up , be inadequate , be in need of , be in want , be needy , be poor , be short , be without , call for , claim , covet , crave , demand , desire , die for , do without , drive for , exact , feel a dearth of , feel the necessity for , feel the pinch , go hungry , hanker , have occasion for , have occasion to , have use for , hunger , hurt for , lack , long , lust , miss , necessitate , pine , require , suffer privation , thirst , wish , yearn , yen fornotes:knead means to make into a uniform mass , as by folding , pressing , and stretching with the hands or manually manipulate someone\'s body usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; a need (noun) is something required or wanted - need (verb) means to require or have a need of , want , compulsion , dependence , distress , emergency , essential , exigency , extremity , longing , must , necessity , obligation , pinch , poverty , requirement , requisite , shortage , urgency , weakness