Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK
do not want
Usage
What are other ways to say need? The verb need often suggests urgency, stressing the necessity of supplying what is lacking: to need an operation, better food, a match to light the fire. Require, which expresses necessity as strongly as need, occurs most frequently in serious or formal contexts: Your presence at the hearing is required. Successful experimentation requires careful attention to detail. Lack means to be without or to have less than a desirable quantity of something: to lack courage, sufficient money, enough members to make a quorum.
Example Sentences
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Do I need to fill out a Form 709 for this on my taxes this year?
From
MarketWatch
“It needs a ton of work—even plastic rusts in Key West.”
From
The Wall Street Journal
Citigroup doesn’t need every business to live up to its potential all at once.
From
The Wall Street Journal
But first, “we simply need more space,” he said.
From
The Wall Street Journal
But I feel like we all need to fight for cinema.
From
Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
