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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
fervourUK
fervorUS
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
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
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
rigorUS
hazard
vicissitude
rigourUK
hard times
suffering
privation
calamity
destitution
poverty
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
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
proviso
necessary item
essential item
terms
specification
vital part
provision
contingency
rule
exception
arrangement
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
pretenceUK
pretenseUS
pretension
inducement
rationale
antecedent
incentive
requirement
causality
causation
foundation
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
clamourUK
condition
dictate
petition
provision
requisition
wish
behest
bid
bidding
charge
drive
hest
imploration
urging
appeal
application
arrogation
clamorUS
counterclaim
dun
entreatment
entreaty
exaction
impetration
must-have
plea
prayer
pursuit
question
solicitation
suit
supplication
enquiryUK
inquiryUS
interest
interrogation
big ask
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
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
acknowledgementUK
acknowledgmentUS
reasoning
reason
mind
thinking
conscious thought
more ❯
Noun
▲
An earnest or demanding quality in one's requests
urgency
earnestness
importunateness
clamorousness
clamorUS
clamourUK
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
cry out for
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
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
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
had best
better
will want to be sure to
would want to
be forced to
be bound to
want
best
have an obligation
are obliged to
be obliged
have
be supposed to
be obligated to
be expected to
would
is fitting
behoovesUS
is responsible for
is necessary
behovesUK
is natural
requires
is becoming
is reasonable
is logical
“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
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
bank on
reckon 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
believe
have every confidence in
place confidence in
plan on
build on
gamble on
be sure about
swear
be confident of
assume
take on trust
figure on
depend upon
take as read
bargain on
hope for
take for granted
presume on
anticipate
cling to
be supported by
hang one's hat on
score
tab
aim for
rely
bargain for
rest on
expect from
stake on
heed
count upon
be sustained by
accept
buy
consider
be unable to manage without
swallow
take
accredit
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
reckon with
look upon
look
put your faith in
Verb
▲
To wish or desire to do something
please
want
like
wish
choose
desire
fancy
will
prefer
crave
opt
relish
decide
demand
command
see fit
think fit
would like
be inclined
decide on
feel like
be partial to
be inclined toward
feel disposed to
feel
care
feel inclined
have an inclination
elect
favourUK
favorUS
incline toward
determine
love
opt for
go for
aspire
wish for
settle upon
espouse
embrace
co-opt
yearn
designate
incline
think best
name
feel inclined to
have a mind to
select
ask
order
instruct
request
direct
bid
require
expect
entreat
invoke
solicit
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