Antonyms for needs


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : needz
Phonetic Transcription : nidz


Definition of needs

Origin :
  • "of necessity, necessarily," in archaic constructions involving must (late 14c.) is from Old English nede, instrumental and genitive singular of nied (see need), used as an adverb reinforcing must, hence the genitive ending.
  • noun want, requirement
  • noun poverty
  • noun emergency; pressing lack
  • verb want something
Example sentences :
  • As if you could be trusted with anything again that needs a schoolboy's intelligence.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He needs a clerk for his law matters, and the Dean said he would speak of me to him.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Somewhere there is a ship that needs it, or if not, the light does its duty.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • I am extremely affected on my mother's account—more, I must needs say, than on my own.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I must needs try my new-fledged pinions in sonnet, elogy, and madrigal.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • He needs no nation, or government, or society, or companions before him or behind him.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Wherefore we must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience' sake.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • Indeed, what I have is not enough for my needs until the six weeks are over.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • The income of their uncle, the canon, was hardly sufficient for the family's needs.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • More than all this, the man in the Twentieth Century needs must be a man of character.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan

Synonyms for needs

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