Definition of need

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• need is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
• need is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
• need is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6

Definition of need

• have need of (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. require
  2. want
• anything that is necessary but lacking (noun)

  Examples

  1. he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs

  Synonyms

  1. want
• 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 (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. motivation
  2. motive
• require as useful, just, or proper (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. ask
  2. call for
  3. demand
  4. involve
  5. necessitate
  6. postulate
  7. require
  8. take
• a state of extreme poverty or destitution (noun)

  Examples

  1. a general state of need exists among the homeless

  Synonyms

  1. indigence
  2. pauperism
  3. pauperization
  4. penury
• a condition requiring relief (noun)

  Examples

  1. she satisfied his need for affection
  2. God has no need of men to accomplish His work

  Synonyms

  1. demand

See definition of need in Merriam Webster