need

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of NEED

to have as a requirement <a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it>

Synonyms bear, challenge, claim, demand, necessitate, require, take, want, warrant

Related Words entail, involve; ask, beg, claim, clamor (for), cry (for); hurt (for), lack; command, enjoin, exact, insist, press, quest, stipulate

Phrases call for

Near Antonyms own, possess

Antonyms have, hold

to be under necessity or obligation to <you need not stand when she enters the room>

Synonyms have (to), must, ought (to), shall, should

Related Words will

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