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Noun
A requirement for something
That which must be done out of principle
A state of requiring help
A state of poverty or impoverishment
(
often in plural form "needs"
)
Something that is essential or required
An addiction or unhealthy need or craving for something
(
used with for
)
A reason for a particular feeling or emotion
An insistent and peremptory request, made as of right
(
now literary
)
A reward, prize or recompense for a service
A natural or intuitive way of acting or thinking
The process of knowing
A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition
An earnest or demanding quality in one's requests
Verb
To require a tangible object or objects
To emotionally yearn for
To require the intervention of someone or something
Expressing a necessity or obligation for an outcome
To have a strong want or desire
To be dependent on someone or something, especially for support
To wish or desire to do something
To deny or be denied (of something)
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Noun
▲
A requirement for something
demand
requirement
urgency
necessity
use
wish
call
desire
hunger
imperative
longing
requisite
urge
yearning
covetousness
craving
eagerness
exigency
fervour
UK
fervor
US
hankering
lust
market
occasion
pining
predilection
proclivity
propensity
thirst
absence
appetite
aspiration
cry out
dearth
deficit
desideratum
dream
lustfulness
needfulness
scantiness
scarceness
scarcity
exigence
inclination
necessitude
passion
support
ambition
drive
drought
expectation
fancy
focus
strong interest
itch
want
yen
appetency
ache
letch
jones
thirstiness
liking
relish
hope
love
burning
impulse
essential
greed
ardor
US
avidity
fondness
zeal
infatuation
ardour
UK
attraction
hungering
motive
enthusiasm
penchant
will
craze
mania
obsession
compulsion
prurience
appetition
concupiscence
weakness
fascination
eroticism
taste
libido
lechery
goal
lasciviousness
libidinousness
voracity
appetence
amativeness
lack
salacity
erotism
pruriency
cupidity
rapture
ravenousness
rapaciousness
partiality
druthers
preference
aim
instinct
bent
whim
keenness
motivation
frenzy
solicitude
devotion
addiction
mind
doting
stomach
yearn
must
objective
constraint
leaning
admiration
pressure
obligation
zest
horniness
salaciousness
thought
like
hots
imperativeness
predisposition
greediness
impatience
sine qua non
thing
lustihood
shine
excitement
avidness
fire in the belly
willingness
high demand
impetus
desirousness
fixation
big eyes
lech
eyes for
hang-up
soft spot
fire in belly
preoccupation
indispensability
request
coveting
imposition
aching
gap
intent
cacoethes
priority
hurting
essentiality
disposition
purpose
restlessness
munchies
aphrodisia
inferiority
rule
pursuit
endeavour
UK
endeavor
US
esurience
gluttony
eros
cause
impulsion
prerequisite
ideal
sweet tooth
needs
exigencies
requirements
demands
determination
panting
deficiency
necessary
great demand
lusting
envy
acuteness
caprice
wont
criticalness
pressingness
notion
prepossession
monkey
whimsy
indispensable thing
desired thing
missing thing
needed thing
vagary
affection
heart's desire
pull
affinity
temptation
interest
resolve
hunch
feeling
attachment
pleasure
gusto
velleity
favour
UK
favor
US
humour
UK
list
humor
US
persuasion
cup of tea
seriousness
gravity
importance
weight
momentousness
weightiness
extremity
hurry
criticality
cruciality
desperation
stress
top priority
intention
besottedness
crush
commitment
earnestness
dedication
design
wistfulness
nostalgia
push
captivation
plan
target
object
enchantment
resolution
amorousness
fervency
mission
adoration
end
holy grail
pretension
ambitiousness
zing
bourne
spirit
doggedness
adulation
tenacity
raison d'être
object of desire
Holy Grail
desired result
will power
go-getting
intentness
randiness
deep affection
enterprise
nympholepsy
initiative
idea
saudade
vision
striving
dynamism
scheme
calling
vocation
fire
warmth
verve
vigour
UK
destination
bourn
direction
mark
action
pep
aggressiveness
hustle
vitality
dash
melancholy
energy
gumption
go
zip
aggression
get-up-and-go
vim
entrepreneurial spirit
moxie
goal-setting
self-motivation
emulation
vigor
US
get up and go
right stuff
esprit
what it takes
fetish
punch
a sense of purpose
spunk
bias
daydream
thirsting
prayer
strong desire
grail
strong want
faithfulness
palate
tendency
loyalty
tooth
hungriness
estimation
anxiety
indulgence
expectancy
intensity
vehemence
regard
avarice
suspense
care
anticipation
sentiment
emotions
heat
acquisitiveness
feelings
graspingness
excitability
haste
rapacity
ardency
hastiness
rashness
readiness
wholeheartedness
impulsiveness
passionateness
mercenariness
ants in pants
alacrity
endearment
idolization
puppy love
homesickness
avariciousness
impetuosity
voraciousness
wishing
veneration
materialism
possessiveness
itching
backbone
self-control
self-discipline
self-restraint
lewdness
single-mindedness
self-mastery
spine
sensuality
carnality
licentiousness
resoluteness
purposefulness
willpower
lecherousness
sexuality
self-command
continence
self-government
restraint
self-possession
tenaciousness
self-containment
pipe dream
wantonness
sensualism
strength of character
stick-to-it-iveness
temperament
fixity of purpose
stickability
perseveration
Sitzfleisch
power
animalism
raunchiness
attitude
willfulness
conviction
discipline
character
staying power
decisiveness
firmness of purpose
guts
sexual desire
sexual appetite
sex drive
sexual passion
sexual longing
the hots
biological urge
more ❯
“There was a
need
for a change after having the same administration in office for several years.”
Noun
▲
That which must be done out of principle
obligation
compulsion
duty
impetus
responsibility
commitment
motivation
devoir
imperative
incumbency
instinct
onus
burden
call
charge
motive
ought
cognition
office
task
do
business
role
engagement
job
assignment
function
commission
work
care
service
chore
mission
concern
pressure
liability
answerability
accountability
necessity
trust
calling
occupation
pledge
conscience
must
tie
exigency
urgency
coercion
post
brief
directive
warrant
consignment
place
detail
undertaking
operation
trouble
briefing
committal
pigeon
custody
remit
instruction
trial
boundness
contract
importance
buck
obligatoriness
constraint
station
tax
hardship
cross to bear
excess baggage
Herculean task
requirement
promise
understanding
culpability
accountableness
moral imperative
exercise
project
errand
enterprise
affair
position
objective
goal
capacity
endeavour
UK
appointment
endeavor
US
venture
activity
employment
load
province
effort
labor
US
labour
UK
piece of work
purpose
part
pursuit
process
thing
quest
piece of business
action
expedition
stint
exploit
aim
act
deed
plan
vocation
campaign
contribution
interest
scheme
situation
worry
proceeding
involvement
workload
adventure
gig
albatross
use
play
caseload
secondment
amount of work
command
trip
department
designation
journey
formal order
baby
procedure
field
weight
placement
problem
blameworthiness
berth
encumbrance
attachment
blame
billet
challenge
utility
attempt
practice
end
target
exploration
action item
object
raison d'être
participation
proposition
matter
deal
experiment
hazard
essay
move
try
feat
setup
work load
intention
stunt
tasks at hand
test
assigned work
intent
right
chargeability
beat
issue
prerogative
privilege
case
taskwork
profession
lifework
trade
placing
fun and games
moral obligation
person's task
long row to hoe
drill
job description
workplace
hand
tour of duty
maneuver
US
program
US
programme
UK
movement
transfer
say
fault
day job
pain
message
manoeuvre
UK
step
dealings
deployment
maneuvering
US
implementation
party
bit
share
side
mantle
shopping
run
collection
delivery
legal responsibility
sphere
preserve
difficult task
gauntlet
bother
inconvenience
headache
coordination
proceedings
event
servitude
industry
art
métier
focus
niche
chores
craft
rôle
behalf
faction
cause
allocation
relocation
guilt
wish
ambition
aspiration
doing
hope
pretension
desire
accomplishment
ideal
racket
holy grail
lookout
bag
behavior
US
faculty
connection
manoeuvring
UK
meaning
mark
power
behaviour
UK
rap
area of activity
area of interest
bailiwick
course of action
solution
incrimination
entanglement
legation
embassy
line of country
ascription
millstone round one's neck
transaction
game
point
reason
consideration
principle
wont
idea
destination
expectation
scope
way
sense
relevance
use of
avail
basis
design
application
happening
striving
struggle
escapade
crusade
plunge
shot
assignation
what one is into
investment
caper
flutter
measure
gamble
flier
experience
speculation
flyer
stake
stab
throw
fling
romp
wager
risk
jeopardy
course
peril
crapshoot
voyage
chance
affliction
imputation
credit
pet project
leap in the dark
entrepreneurship
spec
business enterprise
misfortune
drag
cumber
referral
unwanted responsibility
thorn in one's side
ball and chain
dead weight
grievance
mental weight
difficulty
anxiety
shackle
deadweight
stress
chain
punishment
hindrance
strain
millstone
cross
attribution
more ❯
“He had a
need
to apologize for his wrongdoings.”
Noun
▲
A state of requiring help
crisis
difficulty
hardship
trouble
urgency
distress
emergency
exigency
want
dire straits
loss
desperate straits
dependence
dependency
misery
woe
wretchedness
adversity
tribulation
misfortune
rigor
US
hazard
vicissitude
rigour
UK
hard times
suffering
privation
calamity
destitution
poverty
affliction
trial
austerity
oppression
burden
penury
deprivation
torment
pain
neediness
trough
grief
discomfort
pickle
grievance
hassle
beggary
disaster
lack
ruination
injury
travail
worry
travails
catastrophe
hardness
asperity
scrape
labor
US
labour
UK
rainy day
bad patch
tough luck
hard knocks
tough break
rotten luck
hot water
trials and tribulations
uphill battle
indigence
difficulties
impoverishment
straits
bad luck
jam
drag
downer
crunch
pinch
throe
bummer
unholy mess
hard time
ticklish spot
holy mess
ill-luck
ill luck
can of worms
ill-fortune
quandary
predicament
struggle
dilemma
plight
frustration
quagmire
extremity
impasse
exertion
muddle
painfulness
knot
barricade
crux
deadlock
discouragement
strait
mess
stew
sweat
depression
embarrassment
harassment
pushing poop uphill
a spot
a stew
up poop creak without a paddle
a hole
deep water
a scrape
a fix
a jam
a pickle
dead end
persecution
impecuniousness
impecuniosity
trials
ruin
sorrow
danger
drudgery
curse
accident
peril
mischance
toil
fatigue
humble beginnings
Herculean task
financial distress
fix
bind
problem
hole
tight spot
mire
corner
tight corner
spot
sticky situation
awkward situation
perplexity
difficult situation
tricky situation
swamp
complication
box
rattrap
spot of bother
sticky wicket
imbroglio
conundrum
rabbit hole
bother
entanglement
jackpot
severity
issue
catch-22
puzzle
fine kettle of fish
harshness
juncture
confusion
no-win situation
clutch
brutality
setback
exactingness
zero hour
complexity
pass
situation
head
pretty kettle of fish
unfortunate situation
critical situation
toughness
savagery
tinderbox
how-do-you-do
double bind
problematic situation
headache
tragedy
crossroads
turning point
kettle of fish
tight situation
conjuncture
ruthlessness
Dunkirk
inhumanity
crossroad
severeness
ticklish situation
sad state
relentlessness
boiling point
cataclysm
breaking point
fiasco
flash point
hell
crunch time
acerbity
mix-up
cruelty
hang-up
bad news
big problem
serious problem
sorry condition
controversy
circumstance
hell on earth
soup
uncertainty
tangle
pitilessness
case
pressure
comess
misadventure
trauma
matter
urgent situation
affair
catch
panic stations
disorder
upheaval
turmoil
complicated situation
blow
havoc
debacle
mishap
drama
shambles
horror
double trouble
spot of trouble
vicious circle
bit of bother
train wreck
snag
challenge
state
condition
hitch
uphill
contingency
bewilderment
nuisance
squeeze
conflict
inflexibility
messiness
exigence
meltdown
poser
tension
concern
stress
roughness
hot spot
incident
reversal
hot seat
reverse
business
quicksand
hard nut to crack
dog's breakfast
chaos
disarray
failure
huge problem
mare's nest
rigorousness
crash
collapse
to-do
scourge
devastation
difficult choice
cleft stick
apocalypse
bad situation
large problem
major obstacle
hot potato
grimness
with nowhere to turn
serious dilemma
serious complication
large difficulty
big trouble
serious predicament
worst-case scenario
heavy blow
reversal of fortune
car crash
intricacy
obstacle
climacteric
equation
duress
hurdle
stuckness
potential crisis
emergency situation
discomfiture
situational problem
impediment
tight squeeze
upset
circumstances
brouhaha
enmeshment
embroilment
diffict situation
indecision
mass of problems
pretty
jumble
involvement
facer
a bad situation
mystification
bottleneck
a plight
a mess
a predicament
a sorry condition
a difficult situation
botched situation
stalemate
spectacle
troublesome situation
doubt
between a rock and a hard place
a tight corner
a bind
source of trouble
commotion
fuss
botheration
soap opera
scene
disturbance
occasion
melodrama
adventure
row
thorn in the flesh
awkwardness
trickiness
nastiness
unpleasantness
bitterness
acrimony
responsibility
choke point
fracas
sensation
thrill
excitement
extreme suffering
farce
worriment
hindrance
question
task
state of perplexity
state of uncertainty
delicate situation
up a tree
tear-jerker
undertaking
nut
showdown
test
snafu
snarl
blight
whammy
puzzlement
shock
monstrosity
bomb
shipwreck
disorderliness
desolation
holocaust
bust
troublesome problem
snake pit
Gordian knot
unpredictable situation
complex problem
Pandora's box
hornet's nest
critical point
hour of decision
decision time
point of no return
moment of truth
trying time
decisive moment
point of contention
matter of contention
stroke of ill luck
funeral
pigeon
necessity
unforeseen circumstance
sternness
lookout
ruggedness
strictness
punishing nature
unforgiving nature
demanding nature
rigidity
unforeseen circumstances
stringency
position
rigidness
point
rough go
knotty problem
tricky issue
live issue
bone of contention
sensitive issue
tricky problem
more ❯
“You were always there for the children in their hour of
need
.”
Noun
▲
A state of poverty or impoverishment
poverty
impoverishment
lack
shortage
want
deprivation
destitution
neediness
destituteness
paucity
deficiency
famine
inadequacy
insufficiency
pauperism
poorness
privation
scarceness
scarcity
austerity
beggary
extremity
impecuniosity
impecuniousness
indigence
pennilessness
penuriousness
penury
weakness
pauperization
scantness
starvation
necessity
hardship
insolvency
dearth
bankruptcy
distress
deficit
meagerness
debt
pauperdom
barrenness
depletion
pinch
exiguity
aridity
necessitousness
scantiness
ruin
difficulty
straits
drought
underdevelopment
straitened circumstances
emptiness
abjection
absence
reduction
vacancy
reduced circumstances
pass
disadvantage
hand-to-mouth existence
mendicancy
undersupply
shortfall
ruination
unavailability
difficulties
inadequateness
vagrancy
dire straits
loss
financial distress
default
crunch
extreme poverty
dire poverty
misery
sparseness
sparsity
void
non-existence
insufficience
exiguousness
lacuna
drouth
failure
suffering
mendicity
omission
indebtedness
defect
needfulness
shortness
humble beginnings
utter poverty
meagreness
primary poverty
life on the breadline
affliction
indigency
adversity
liquidation
administration
decline
enervation
enfeeblement
debilitation
narrow circumstances
receivership
begging
wretchedness
squalor
bottom
embarrassment
financial ruin
humble background
uncommonness
rareness
infrequency
neglect
humble upbringing
humble origins
exclusion
oppression
slim pickings
nonexistence
detriment
decrease
withdrawal
removal
abridgment
US
skimpiness
abridgement
UK
exigency
curtailment
being after
missing out on
falling short in
being able to do with
being short of
being without
being deficient in
shortcoming
leanness
defalcation
tightness
underage
limitedness
lapse
rarity
restrictedness
vacuum
debit
arrears
paltriness
slightness
stringency
diminishment
exhaustion
weakening
red ink
in the hole
in the red
devitalization
attenuation
degeneration
immiseration
deterioration
vacuity
bareness
fewness
smallness
slenderness
absenteeism
inaccessibility
shrinking
shrinkage
inefficiency
ineffectuality
unfitness
short supply
underperformance
gap
retrenchment
slippage
discrepancy
dues
dead horse
due bill
negative amount
in hock
minus amount
sacrifice
expense
cost
losings
lack of profit
minus sum of money
more ❯
“Our focus was on the city's homeless whose
need
was our first priority.”
Noun
▲
(
often in plural form "needs"
)
Something that is essential or required
essential
prerequisite
must
must-have
basic
condition
precondition
sine qua non
requirement
necessity
requisite
demand
necessary
stipulation
qualification
needful
postulate
fundamental
imperative
necessary item
essential item
proviso
specification
terms
vital part
provision
contingency
criterion
rule
exception
kicker
essentiality
arrangement
exemption
catch
strings
article
fine print
part and parcel
necessary condition
small print
want
obligation
clause
desideratum
duty
modification
codicil
exigency
essential requirement
lifeblood
reservation
necessary thing
essential condition
obligatory condition
restriction
essence
indispensable
vital
imposition
commitment
devoir
charge
rudiment
restraint
limitation
constraint
rider
term
indispensable thing
indispensable item
stricture
life or death
not to be missed
check
fetter
circumscription
key factor
basic ingredient
important consideration
big thing
important thing
caveat
if
limit
disclaimer
amendment
string
revision
agreement
addendum
adjunct
addition
point
passage
item
paragraph
supplement
but
measure
attachment
clarification
detail
chapter
nonnegotiable
element
exaction
prescription
compulsion
regulation
particular
note
terms and conditions
complication
uncertainty
doubt
corollary
outline
prearrangement
heading
suggestion
motion
hesitation
vagueness
curb
control
matter
head
supposition
allowance
demarcation
limits
bounds
no-no
moderation
part
lack of certainty
section
contract
settlement
engagement
tempering
lessening
designation
mitigation
softening
reduction
hedge
subsection
non-negotiable point
stress
string attached
alteration
division
guideline
ultimatum
instruction
string attached to something
parameter
order
delineation
description
conditions
provisions
provisos
qualifications
stipulations
specifications
particulars
requisites
details
understanding
points
premise
items
circumstances
treaty
premises
nitty-gritty
size of it
what it is
more ❯
“Food is a human
need
, as is water.”
Noun
▲
An addiction or unhealthy need or craving for something
dependence
addiction
dependency
reliance
habit
compulsion
jones
craving
monkey
fixation
obsession
overreliance
attachment
addictedness
enslavement
abuse
want
over-reliance
need for
dependance
monkey on back
reliance on
clinging to
seeking support from
leaning
weakness
interdependence
interdependency
vulnerability
defencelessness
slavery
helplessness
abuse of
leaning on
hang-up
sweet tooth
use
problem
subservience
Noun
▲
(
used with for
)
A reason for a particular feeling or emotion
cause
reason
basis
call
pretext
stimulus
grounds
justification
occasion
provocation
consideration
necessity
ground
excuse
motive
motivation
purpose
right
claim
pretence
UK
pretense
US
pretension
inducement
rationale
antecedent
incentive
requirement
causality
causation
foundation
warrant
explanation
influence
prompting
obligation
determinant
premise
argument
wherefore
why
account
authority
factor
subject
rationalization
US
rationalisation
UK
defence
UK
defense
US
impetus
case
point
underpinning
accounting
inspiration
footing
evidence
extenuation
mitigation
reasoning
mitigating circumstances
sake
groundwork
bedrock
base
whyfor
presumption
goal
intention
aim
objective
apology
vindication
apologia
design
end
target
spur
object
stimulant
encouragement
exposition
driver
instigation
story
source
genesis
origin
urge
impulse
stimulation
why and wherefore
causal agent
driving force
chief ingredient
whys and wherefores
principal element
lure
bait
enticement
carrot
sweetener
yeast
boost
momentum
attraction
good reason
allurement
douceur
drive
insistence
premium
exhortation
persuasion
catalyst
reason why
spring
temptation
shot in the arm
come-on
more ❯
Noun
▲
An insistent and peremptory request, made as of right
demand
requirement
ultimatum
desire
importunity
imposition
order
request
call
command
insistence
mandate
pressure
stipulation
want
claim
clamour
UK
condition
dictate
petition
provision
requisition
wish
behest
bid
bidding
charge
drive
hest
imploration
urging
appeal
application
arrogation
clamor
US
counterclaim
dun
entreatment
entreaty
exaction
impetration
must-have
plea
prayer
pursuit
question
solicitation
suit
supplication
enquiry
UK
inquiry
US
interest
interrogation
big ask
market
appetite
necessity
run
exigency
rush
run on
rush on
direction
instruction
injunction
decree
directive
commandment
edict
fiat
precept
exhortation
rule
ordinance
resolution
canon
ruling
pronouncement
word
imperative
obligation
statute
rescript
prescript
will
regulation
briefing
notification
act
proclamation
warrant
law
subpoena
interdiction
ordering
devoir
dictum
dictation
adjuration
writ
summons
diktat
do
say-so
more ❯
Noun
▲
(
now literary
)
A reward, prize or recompense for a service
guerdon
accolade
appreciation
award
benefit
bonus
bounty
carrot
claim
compensation
crown
cue
desert
deserts
dividend
entitlement
gain
garland
goodies
gravy
grease
honor
US
honorarium
honour
UK
interest
meed
merit
merits
payment
perks
perquisite
plum
prerogative
privilege
rate
recompense
repayment
reward
right
rights
due
feather in cap
fringe benefit
just deserts
prem
prize
perk
premium
gift
present
tip
return
gratuity
remuneration
sweetener
incentive
inducement
profit
price
winnings
extra
decoration
consideration
cut
purse
plus
donation
handout
lagniappe
largesse
requital
boon
advantage
pay-off
payoff
percentage
pay
gratification
prize money
deserving
dues
fair treatment
satisfaction
rightful treatment
title
plume
kudo
distinction
charge
instalment
UK
fee
installment
US
store
regard
stock
blue ribbon
value
spiff
contribution
donative
benefaction
cumshaw
alms
offering
share
douceur
pourboire
token
portion
baksheesh
bonsela
throw-in
goodwill gesture
gravy train
little extra
bit extra
extra payment
little something
surplus
payback
divvy
take
rake-off
grant
pickings
whack
endowment
taste
remittance
allowance
returns
dispensation
appropriation
coupon
slice of the cake
proceeds
allotment
check
one's share
piece of the action
disbursement
commission
koha
money
bestowal
presentation
giveaway
freebie
comp
fairing
charity
freebee
bequest
handsel
hand-out
largess
subsidy
settlement
goodie
gifting
prezzie
legacy
benevolence
conferment
favour
UK
compliment
lump
stake
pittance
inheritance
tithing
philanthropy
favor
US
brokerage
dowry
write-off
royalty
indemnity
stipend
salary
piece
duty
sum
hand-me-down
jackpot
fortune
bonanza
payout
windfall
addition
goody
ice
frosting
boot money
special compensation
additional compensation
signing bonus
sign-on bonus
unexpected extra
golden parachute
pay supplement
more ❯
Noun
▲
A natural or intuitive way of acting or thinking
instinct
intuition
insight
sense
inclination
tendency
predisposition
proclivity
impulse
propensity
nose
faculty
disposition
urge
leaning
penchant
savvy
aptitude
knack
proneness
susceptibility
affinity
habit
compulsion
drive
talent
character
constitution
makeup
nature
reflex
inherent tendency
ingrained tendency
innate tendency
natural inclination
gut reaction
inborn tendency
inner prompting
know-how
natural tendency
natural feeling
intrinsic tendency
predilection
aptness
bent
liability
readiness
propension
inclining
aptness to
bent for
penchant for
propensity for
knack for
readiness to
inclination to
liability to
habit of
leaning towards
predisposition to
proneness to
way of
tendency to
disposition to
bias
weakness
partiality
preference
custom
habitude
likelihood
turn
affection
way
thing
tilt
mindset
addiction
mind
set
temperament
orientation
devices
bone
slant
genius
more ❯
Noun
▲
The process of knowing
cognition
understanding
knowledge
comprehension
awareness
apprehension
perception
cognizance
discernment
insight
recognition
enlightenment
percipience
learning
regard
intelligence
intuition
observance
attention
notice
observation
intellect
thought
note
acknowledgement
UK
acknowledgment
US
reasoning
reason
mind
thinking
conscious thought
appreciation
grasp
conception
familiarity
consciousness
grip
realization
US
apperception
acquaintance
sense
realisation
UK
assimilation
mindfulness
knowingness
perceptiveness
judgment
US
judgement
UK
hold
ken
perceptivity
erudition
insight into
sensibility
acquaintanceship
wisdom
familiarity with
acquaintance with
education
sapience
schooling
command
responsiveness
alertness
know-how
attentiveness
cognisance
idea
ability
consideration
heedfulness
heed
scholarship
capacity
intimacy
wariness
mastery
learnedness
sentience
expertise
understanding of
comprehension of
knowing
cultivation
sympathy
advertence
advertency
impression
vision
conversance
notion
information
take
concept
fluency
authority
acumen
concern
vigilance
experience
sageness
sagaciousness
identification
knowledgeableness
tuition
better understanding
perspicacity
expertness
astuteness
proficiency
sensitivity to
skill
grasp of
awareness of
cognizance of
knowledge of
decipherment
clear message
conversance with
sense of
clear understanding
firm grasp
eye
ear
belief
care
penetration
clearer picture
bearing
self-awareness
self-understanding
wakefulness
sentiment
sensitivity
clearer vision
clearer view
respect
handle
estimation
prudence
worldliness
shrewdness
cleverness
valuation
clearer insight
clearer understanding
clearer awareness
cunning
ingeniousness
smarts
sagacity
savviness
sensibility to
greater understanding
comprehensive understanding
enhanced understanding
improved understanding
superior understanding
esteem
assessment
inkling
instruction
appraisal
clear thinking
common sense
good judgment
knowing inside out
intimacy with
clear interpretation
clear idea
clear view
clear impression
clear conclusion
clear notion
clear belief
sensitiveness
feel
proficiency in
absorption
expertise in
appreciation of
good understanding
digestion
visualization
US
discrimination
skill in
visualisation
UK
recognition of
uptake
grapple
compassion
knowledge base
aesthetic sense
rapport
affinity
acquaintanceship with
conversancy with
commiseration
feeling
pity
communion
concord
thoughtfulness
knack
control
receptiveness
empathy
receptivity
warmth
capability
edification
mastership
cottoning to
being on same wavelength
awareness of the feelings of others
fellow feeling
prowess
deftness
aplomb
adeptness
virtuosity
facility
adroitness
expertism
clue
finesse
skilfulness
accomplishment
dexterity
fluency in
IQ
ability in
savoir faire
apprehension of
command of
realization of
interpretation
perception of
conception of
mastery of
ken of
aha
prehension
ability to understand
double take
slow take
interest
view
picture
apprehending
detection
acceptance
viewpoint
admission
realizing
US
concession
allowance
granting
reading
discovery
conceding
conceit
recognizance
US
realising
UK
recognisance
UK
focus
scrutiny
watchfulness
acknowledging
carefulness
confession
laser-like focus
avowal
remark
mark
concentration
curiosity
perspective
comment
mention
purview
inquisitiveness
assenting
thoughts
surveillance
imagination
deliberation
witfulness
awakening
achievement
finding
inquiring mind
nosiness
mental acquisitiveness
acceding
concurring
alertness to
mindfulness of
application
knowledge of the existence of
caution
spotting
sight
accommodation
light bulb moment
aha moment
singular focus
clear focus
interestedness
needle-like focus
agreement
verification
full attention
an eye
once-over
full regard
all hands on deck
association
relationship
eye on the ball
contact
beholding
fellowship
establishing
perceiving
identifying
distinguishing
differentiation
noticing
conversancy
connection
eyeing
espial
verifying
corroboration
profession
ratification
affirmation
declaration
admitting
acquiescence
concurrence
assent
asservation
confirmation
assertion
accession
allowing
compliance
experience of
rejoinder
yielding
attitude
image
intellection
sensation
study
self-confession
agreement with
respect for
approval of
concurrence with
acquiescence in
cooperation with
taste
light
more ❯
Noun
▲
A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition
starvation
famine
malnourishment
undernourishment
want
deprivation
famishment
fasting
hunger
inanition
malnutrition
extreme hunger
lack of food
food deprivation
food shortage
deprivation of food
death from lack of food
scarcity of food
food crisis
mass hunger
mass starvation
food shortages
emptiness
appetite
hungriness
ravenousness
belly
stomach
munchies
voracity
poor diet
undernutrition
scarcity
shortage
esurience
anorexia
underfeeding
bulimia
inadequate diet
unhealthy diet
need for food
anorexia nervosa
poor nutrition
dietary deficiency
more ❯
Noun
▲
An earnest or demanding quality in one's requests
urgency
earnestness
importunateness
clamorousness
clamor
US
clamour
UK
insistence
begging
desperateness
importunity
incitement
pleading
pressing
Verb
▲
To require a tangible object or objects
require
desire
lack
want
necessitate
feel a dearth of
feel the necessity for
hanker for
have need for
have occasion for
have to have
have use for
hunger for
thirst for
have need of
be crying out for
be deficient of
be deprived of
be desperate for
be in need of
be in want of
be needy of
be poor in
be short of
be without
have occasion to
stand in need of
yen for
crave
be wanting
cry out for
want for
be deficient in
demand
warrant
call for
claim
take
pine for
long for
yearn for
wish for
feel the want of
wish
miss
have too little
be lacking
have insufficient
not have
ask
wish to have
be lacking in
have barely enough
have need
hurting for
depend upon
feel necessity for
stand in need
find oneself in need of
be low on
be strapped for
be pressed for
have an insufficiency of
more ❯
“I
need
some cutlery to eat my dinner with.”
Verb
▲
To emotionally yearn for
crave
covet
desire
crave for
long for
lust after
lust for
miss
pine for
wish for
yearn for
ache for
fancy
hunger after
hunger for
want
hanker after
thirst for
itch for
spoil for
die for
require
desiderate
hanker for
feel like
hope for
be bent on
cry out for
set one's heart on
yen for
sigh for
have a yen for
aspire to
like
be partial to
have one's heart set on
have a fancy for
feel in need of
be dying for
have a need for
pine after
jones for
care for
relish
seek
prefer
choose
be desperate for
have eyes for
have an urge for
salivate for
incline toward
could do with
repine for
pant after
would give one's eyeteeth for
eat one's heart out over
dream of
be desirous of
would like
have an inclination for
will
thirst after
take a fancy to
envy
beg
wish
be in need of
pray for
have as one's aim
have need of
look forward to
wish to have
ask for
have as one's goal
lack
have a passion for
feel inclined to
feel up to
feel the need for
have the inclination for
burn for
feel a need for
favour
UK
favor
US
love
grieve for
select
take a shine to
welcome
lean towards
lean toward
elect
take to
feel inclined toward
be turned on to
suggest
approve of
go for
have a preference for
would rather
would sooner
opt for
rather
take a liking to
endorse
be inclined toward
feel nostalgic for
regret the loss of
regret the absence of
long to see
feel the loss of
longingly remember
hanker
dream
jones
feen
suspire
give eyeteeth for
be athirst for
pant for
desire intensely
eat your heart out
suspire for
begrudge
have hots for
be consumed with desire for
have designs on
have your eye on
ache
yearn
long
pine
pant
be desperate
be hungry
be consumed with desire
be dying
thirst
be itching
have a longing
have a yen
be athirst
be turned on by
be smitten by
be attracted to
have a crush on
fall for
be sweet on
have the hots for
be infatuated by
lech over
fall in love with
cotton to
lech after
be enamored by
be captivated by
be wild about
be infatuated with
be crazy about
be mad about
be taken with
more ❯
“It's been so long since I've had ice-cream and I
need
it now!”
Verb
▲
To require the intervention of someone or something
expect
ask
call for
challenge
command
depend on
be after
call out for
claim
clamor for
cry for
cry out for
demand
enjoin
exact
insist on
involve
press
stipulate
beg for
entail
take
warrant
bear
postulate
require
necessitate
want
oblige
impose
justify
compel
mean
ask for
make necessary
force
dictate
encompass
look for
constrain
lack
occasion
impel
crave
imply
request
drive
cry out
make
direct
order
decree
be in need of
be grounds for
seek
concern
comprise
include
consist of
coerce
cause
behoove
US
behove
UK
give rise to
result in
leave no choice but to
last
clamour
UK
beg
clamor
US
wish
extort
obligate
presuppose
be in dire need of
rely upon
decree that
necessitate that
hope for
continue for
go on for
endure for
carry on for
have as a precondition
suppose
enforce
keep going for
run on for
keep on for
use up
have as a necessary condition
aim for
try to get
desire
wish for
be a reason for
be a justification for
charge
tell
instruct
bid
adjure
call
urge
ordain
solicit
mandate
summon
requisition
prescribe
task
beckon
authorize
US
appoint
quest
warn
subpoena
rule
authorise
UK
call on
call upon
stipulate for
force upon
call the shots
lay down the law
give the command to
impose on
give the order to
give orders to
press for
put your foot down
boss around
give directions
give orders
entreat
implore
beseech
importune
supplicate
push for
badger for
clamour for
appeal for
bay for
pester for
nag for
petition for
exhort
besiege
invoke
lay claim to
please
extract
obtain
elect
make a condition of
insist upon
aspire
impetrate
arrogate
apply for
hold out for
inquire about
pray for
hit up
whistle for
sue for
petition
propose
sue
appeal
pray
plead
pester
plead with
apply to
appeal to
insist
commandeer
file for
count on
put in for
goad
hound
incite
wrest
exert
dragoon
induce
crack down
spur
whip
make compulsory
strong-arm
more ❯
“We will
need
strong leaders to solve a problem of this magnitude.”
Verb
▲
Expressing a necessity or obligation for an outcome
have to
ought
must
should
be compelled to
be obliged to
ought to
be under a compulsion to
be under an obligation to
have need to
shall
will
be required to
got to
have got to
gotta
need to
want to
be necessitated to
be driven to
be made to
must needs
have no choice but to
be ordered to
be directed to
will want to
had better
have a duty to
be duty-bound to
better
will want to be sure to
had best
be forced to
be bound to
would want to
want
have an obligation
are obliged to
be obliged
have
would
is fitting
behooves
US
is becoming
is responsible for
is necessary
is reasonable
behoves
UK
is logical
is natural
requires
“All you
need
do as of now is to be patient.”
Verb
▲
To have a strong want or desire
long
yearn
pine
ache
wish
burn
hunger
thirst
itch
pant
hope
crave
covet
want
desire
hanker
lust
yen
be bent on
be consumed with desire
be desperate
be dying
be eager
be unable to wait
dream of
eat one's heart out over
hanker after
hanker for
have a yen
lust after
set one's heart on
set your sights on
would give one's eye teeth
fancy
sigh
pine for
have a yen for
have a fancy
be gagging
be impatient
long for
wish for
thirst for
hunger for
yearn for
have one's heart set on
be consumed with desire for
ache for
dream
be itching
have a longing
be aching
be desirous
be athirst
suspire
want badly
be hungry
be thirsty
aspire
have a hankering
be greedy
pray
be consumed with the desire
seek
miss
chafe
strive
languish
obsess
drool
hope against hope
carry a torch
cry out for
set your heart upon
suspire for
would give one's eyeteeth for
be athirst for
be desirous of
yen for
feel a longing
regret the absence of
cream for
partial to
be burning
lick one's chops
be eating one's heart out
be consumed with a desire
die
drool over
be very keen
be very eager
will
aim
spoil for
hunger after
lust for
choose
itch for
be desperate for
pine after
be dying for
be unable to wait for
long to
hope to
hope for
desire to
wish to
want to
yearn to
hanker to
lament
hunger to
thirst after
cross your fingers
envy
have the hots for
have hard feelings
turn green
eat your heart out
be envious
die over
object to
aspire to
be covetous of
cry for
hold out hope
shed tears for
dream about
regret the loss of
pant for
be passionate
be eager for
have a crush on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be dependent on someone or something, especially for support
rely on
require
demand
expect
involve
depend
count on
lean on
depend on
be dependent on
calculate on
turn to
trust in
necessitate
ask for
call on
call for
trust
be sure of
reckon on
bank on
bet on
swear by
have confidence in
look to
rely upon
place reliance on
be certain of
believe in
confide in
have faith in
plan on
believe
have every confidence in
place confidence in
build on
gamble on
be sure about
swear
accept
buy
consider
swallow
take
accredit
cling to
be convinced by
put trust in
take something at face value
pin one's hopes on
credit
pin your faith on
place trust in
lay money on
take as gospel
bet bottom dollar on
be supported by
hang one's hat on
score
tab
aim for
rely
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To deny or be denied (of something)
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forgo
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go hungry
lack
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abandon
drop
kick
sit out
withhold from
pass up
pass on
leave out
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yield
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needed
needed like a hole in the head
needed no invitation
needed thing
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