I. noun
1.
Synonyms: obligation 2, charge, commitment, committal, devoir, duty, must, ought, ||right
2.
Synonyms: requirement 1, demand, want
3.
opportunity or requirement to employ
found little need for his rifle
Synonyms: demand, occasion, use
Related Word: call, claim, exaction
4.
a pressing lack of something essential
he is in need of food
Synonyms: exigency, necessity
Related Word: deficiency, deficit, lack, shortage, want
Contrasted words: adequacy, enough, sufficiency
5.
Synonyms: poverty 1, destitution, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, neediness, penury, poorness, privation, want
II. verb
1.
Synonyms: lack , require, want
Related Word: claim, demand, exact; hanker, hunger, long, pine, thirst, yearn; covet, crave, desire, wish
2.
Synonyms: must 2, have, ||mun