Thesaurus / needs
FEEDBACKsynonyms for needs
synonyms for needs
- lack
- want
- shortage
- impecuniousness
- distress
- pennilessness
- privation
- extremity
- destitution
- deprivation
- inadequacy
- indigence
- paucity
- neediness
- insufficiency
- poorness
- impoverishment
- penury
- desire
- require
- lack
- call for
- demand
- claim
- miss
- hunger
- wish
- covet
- necessitate
- thirst
- hanker
- lust
- crave
- long
- pine
- exact
- yearn
- do without
- be deficient
- be deprived
- be down and out
- be hard up
- be in need of
- be in want
- be inadequate
- be needy
- be poor
- be short
- be without
- die for
- drive for
- feel a dearth of
- feel the necessity for
- feel the pinch
- go hungry
- have occasion for
- have occasion to
- have use for
- hurt for
- suffer privation
- yen for
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So as of right now, because everything is changing so drastically on a regular basis, and we are in a needs-based business, we’re continuing to lean in where our customers are actively searching for glasses, or looking for our types of products.
MARKETING BRIEFING: ZENNI’S VP OF GROWTH MARKETING ON MAKING THE SWITCH TO ‘BITE-SIZED’ PLANNING WINDOWS DUE TO COVIDKRISTINA MONLLOSAUGUST 3, 2021DIGIDAYHe testified that Avenatti lied to him about the status of the funds, saying the county was at fault for failing to approve a “special needs trust,” which preserves public benefits eligibility for people with disabilities.
AVENATTI GRILLS PARAPLEGIC CLIENT HE ALLEGEDLY STOLE FROM: ‘DID YOU APPRECIATE ME?’KATE BRIQUELET, MEGHANN CUNIFFJULY 22, 2021THE DAILY BEASTUrbanity ushers in water that needs no apology, and gives a zest to the worst vintage.
PEARLS OF THOUGHTMATURIN M. BALLOUYet if there is a measure of untruth in such pretty flatteries, one needs to be superhuman in order to condemn them harshly.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYIn one sense, then, the new issue has adequate expansibility for ordinary needs.
READINGS IN MONEY AND BANKINGCHESTER ARTHUR PHILLIPSEven genius, however, needs direction and adjustment to secure the most perfect and reliable results.
EXPRESSIVE VOICE CULTUREJESSIE ELDRIDGE SOUTHWICKThe poverty of earlier days was the outcome of the insufficiency of human labor to meet the primal needs of human kind.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKLittle Jack Charmington, her husband, had a snug four hundred a year of his own, which quite sufficed for his modest needs.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSOf the methods given, the physician should select the one which best meets his needs.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDI find the weather very cool, however, and one needs warm clothing here.
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