need - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

Synonyms

• motivation
• motive
• need

More generic

• psychological feature

More specific

• ethical motive
• ethics
• impulse
• irrational motive
• life
• mental energy
• morality
• morals
• psychic energy
• rational motive
• urge

Noun

anything that is necessary but lacking

Synonyms

• need
• want

More generic

• essential
• necessary
• necessity
• requirement
• requisite

Noun

a condition requiring relief

Synonyms

• demand
• need

More generic

• condition
• status

More specific

• deficiency
• lack
• necessity
• want

Noun

a state of extreme poverty or destitution

Synonyms

• indigence
• need
• pauperism
• pauperization
• penury

More generic

• impoverishment
• poorness
• poverty

More specific

• beggary
• mendicancy
• mendicity

Verb

have need of

Synonyms

• need
• require
• want

More generic

• be

More specific

• cry

Verb

have or feel a need for

Synonyms

• need

Verb

require as useful, just, or proper

Synonyms

• ask
• call for
• demand
• involve
• necessitate
• need
• postulate
• require
• take

More specific

• claim
• compel
• cost
• cry for
• cry out for
• draw
• exact
• govern
• take

Related

• claim
• exact
• take

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