need
1. a condition requiring relief (Freq. 56)
- she satisfied his need for affection
- God has no need of men to accomplish His work
- there is a demand for jobs
• Syn:
demand
• Derivationally related forms:
demand (for: demand)
• Hypernyms:
condition, status
• Hyponyms:
lack, deficiency, want, necessity
2. anything that is necessary but lacking (Freq. 29)
- he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs
- I tried to supply his wants
• Syn:
want
• Derivationally related forms:
want (for: want)
• Hypernyms:
necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
3. the 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 (Freq. 12)
- we did not understand his motivation
- he acted with the best of motives
• Syn:
motivation, motive
• Derivationally related forms:
motive (for: motive), motivate (for: motive), motivational (for: motivation), motivate (for: motivation)
• Hypernyms:
psychological feature
• Hyponyms:
life, rational motive, irrational motive, urge, impulse,
ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality, psychic energy, mental energy
4. a state of extreme poverty or destitution (Freq. 1)
- their indigence appalled him
- a general state of need exists among the homeless
• Syn:
indigence, penury, pauperism, pauperization
• Derivationally related forms:
pauperize (for: pauperization), penurious (for: penury), needy, indigent (for: indigence)
• Hypernyms:
poverty, poorness, impoverishment
• Hyponyms:
beggary, mendicancy, mendicity
1. require as useful, just, or proper (Freq. 110)
- It takes nerve to do what she did
- success usually requires hard work
- This job asks a lot of patience and skill
- This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
- This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
- This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
• Syn:
necessitate, ask, postulate, require, take,
involve, call for, demand
• Ant:
obviate (for: necessitate)
• Derivationally related forms:
demand (for: demand), requirement (for: require), necessity (for: necessitate)
• Hyponyms:
claim, take, exact, govern, draw,
cost, cry out for, cry for, compel
• Verb Group:
claim, take, exact
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE (for: require)
- It ----s that CLAUSE (for: require)
- It ----s that CLAUSE (for: necessitate)
- They need him to write the letter
2. have need of (Freq. 98)
- This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner
• Syn:
want, require
• Derivationally related forms:
requirement (for: require), wanter (for: want), want (for: want)
• Hypernyms:
be
• Hyponyms:
cry
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They need more bread
- They need him to write the letter
- They need to move
3. have or feel a need for (Freq. 1)
- always needing friends and money
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
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