Need
Need is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 5 points
- Letters
- 4
- Syllables
- 1
- How common
- Very common
Meaning of need
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nounA condition requiring relief.
“she satisfied his need for affection”
Similar: demand
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nounAnything that is necessary but lacking.
“he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs”
Similar: want
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nounThe 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.
“we did not understand his motivation”
Similar: motivation , motive
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verbRequire as useful, just, or proper.
“It takes nerve to do what she did”
Similar: necessitate , ask , postulate , require , take , involve , demand
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verbHave need of.
“This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner”
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verbHave or feel a need for.
“always needing friends and money”
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of need
- dene5
Words inside need
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- end4
- den4
- dee4
- nee3
Words that rhyme with need
- speed
- breed
- feed
- reed
- seed
- weed
- bead
- bleed
- creed
- deed
- freed
- greed
- heed
- mead
- peed
- plead
- swede
- tweed
- brede
- cede
- keyed
- knead
- kneed
- screed
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