need

Meanings

• a condition requiring relief
  • "she satisfied his need for affection"
  • "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"
• anything that is necessary but lacking
  • "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"
• 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
• a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  • "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
• require as useful, just, or proper
• have need of
• have or feel a need for
  • "always needing friends and money"

Synonyms

ask, call for, demand, indigence, involve, motivation, motive, necessitate, pauperism, pauperization, penury, postulate, require, take, want