Related Words for need

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must
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Verb, Noun
should
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Noun, Verb, Noun
motivation
xx/x
Noun, Noun
ought
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Noun, Verb, Noun, Adverb
motive
/x
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
want
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
penury
/xx
Noun, Noun
necessitate
x/xx
Noun, Verb
pauperism
/xxx
Verb, Noun
require
x/x
Noun, Verb
demand
x/
Verb, Noun, Verb
have
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Verb, Verb, Noun
ask
/
Noun, Verb, Noun
involve
x/
Noun, Verb
take
/
Verb, Verb, Noun
call for
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
have got
//
Phrase, Verb
would
/
Verb, Noun
help
/
Noun
necessary
/xxx
Adjective
cannot
/x
Adjective
expect
x/
Verb
wanna
/x
Noun
might
/
Noun
gotta
/x
Noun
could
/
Verb, Noun
able
/x
Adjective
seek
/
Verb
allow
x/
Verb
just
/
Adverb
give
/
Verb
enough
x/
Adjective
enable
x/x
Verb
decide
x/
Verb
intend
x/
Verb
desire
x/x
Noun
ready
/x
Adjective
wish
/
Noun
know
/
Verb
afford
x/
Verb
going
/x
Verb
please
/
Verb
gonna
/x
Noun
really
/x
Adverb
desperately
/xxx
Adverb
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
urgently
/xx
Adverb
order
/x
Noun
never
/x
Adverb
wont
/
Adjective
even
/x
Adverb
hesitate
/xx
Verb
bother
/x
Verb
deserve
x/
Verb
sufficient
x/x
Adjective
forget
x/
Verb
refuse
x/
Noun
always
/x
Adverb
come
/
Verb
bring
/
Verb
likely
/x
Adjective
provide
x/
Verb
encourage
x/x
Verb
cant
/
Noun
advise
x/
Verb
learn
/
Verb
crave
/
Verb
prefer
x/
Verb
tend
/
Verb
consider
x/x
Verb
fail
/
Verb
make
/
Verb
seem
/
Verb
simply
/x
Adverb
think
/
Verb
choose
/
Verb
also
/x
Adverb
appreciate
x/xx
Verb
dont
/
Verb
definitely
/xxx
Adverb
struggle
/x
Noun
find
/
Verb
urge
/
Noun
understand
xx/
Verb
continue
x/x
Verb
suppose
x/
Verb
hurry
/x
Noun
necessarily
xx/xx
Adverb
trying
/x
Verb
necessity
x/xx
Noun
neediness
/xx
Noun
scarcity
/xx
Noun
sufficiency
x/xx
Noun
desideratum
xx/xx
Noun
equivalency
x/xxx
Noun
indispensability
xx/x/xx
Noun
availability
xxx/xx
Noun
relevancy
/xxx
Noun
expediency
x/xxx
Noun
request
x/
Noun
inevitability
xxxx/xx
Noun
security
x/xx
Noun
dearth
/
Noun
preparation
xx/x
Noun
equivalence
x/xx
Noun
deficiency
x/xx
Noun
employability
x/x/xx
Noun
difference
/xx
Noun
deprivation
xx/x
Noun
instrumentality
xxx/xx
Noun
inapplicability
x/xx/xx
Noun
contingency
x/xx
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
belonging
x/x
Verb
unpredictability
xxxx/xx
Noun
adequacy
/xxx
Noun
exigency
x/xx
Noun
quantity
/xx
Noun
weakness
/x
Noun
preclusion
x/x
Noun
indivisibility
xx/x/xx
Noun
irreducibility
xx/x/xx
Noun
impossibility
xxx/xx
Noun
access
/x
Noun
accommodation
xxx/x
Noun
uncertainty
x/xx
Noun
quality
/xx
Noun
unemployment
xx/x
Noun
heat
/
Noun
conditionality
xxx/xx
Noun
receptivity
/x/xx
Noun
insistence
x/x
Noun
wantonness
/xx
Noun
choice
/
Noun
content
/x
Noun
imperfection
xx/x
Noun
least
/
Noun
referral
x/x
Adjective
reassurance
xx/x
Noun
clarification
xxx/x
Noun
rethink
x/
Verb
doth
/
Adverb
concern
x/
Verb
counselors
/xx
Noun
elaboration
xxx/x
Noun
configure
x/x
Verb
encouragement
x/xx
Noun
clinicians
x/x
Noun
educators
/xxx
Noun
therapists
/xx
Noun
learners
/x
Noun
guidance
/x
Noun
addressed
x/
Verb
assistance
x/x
Noun
developers
x/xx
Noun
managers
/xx
Noun
nurses
/x
Noun
designers
x/x
Noun
worry
/x
Verb
providers
x/x
Noun
practitioners
x/xx
Noun
update
x/
Verb
nutrients
/xx
Noun
install
x/
Verb
absence
/x
Noun
accurate
/xx
Adjective
additional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
adequate
/xx
Adjective, Verb
adversity
x/xx
Noun
advisability
xxx/xx
Noun
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
appetite
/xx
Noun
applicable
/xxx
Adjective
application
xx/x
Noun
appropriate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
benefit
/xx
Noun, Verb
call
/
Verb, Noun
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
challenge
/x
Noun, Verb
claim
/
Noun, Verb
clothes
/
Noun
compliance
x/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cost
/
Noun, Verb
cry
/
Noun, Verb
cry for
//
Phrase, Verb
depend
x/
Verb
desirability
xxx/xx
Noun
destitute
/xx
Adjective, Verb
destitution
/xxx
Noun
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
dissatisfaction
xxx/x
Noun
distress
x/
Noun, Verb
draw
/
Verb, Noun
duty
/x
Noun
eager
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
emergency
x/xx
Noun
emptiness
/xx
Noun
entail
x/
Verb, Noun
ethics
/x
Noun
exact
x/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
extra
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
fact
/
Noun
faut
/
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
hardship
/x
Noun, Verb
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
imperative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
imply
x/
Verb
importance
x/x
Noun
important
x/x
Adjective
impose
x/
Verb, Noun
impulse
/x
Noun, Verb
inclination
xx/x
Noun
insecurity
xx/xx
Noun
insistent
x/x
Adjective
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
interest
/x
Noun, Verb
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
itch
/
Noun, Verb
jeopardy
/xx
Noun, Verb
lack
/
Noun, Verb
let
/
Verb, Noun
life
/
Noun, Verb
location
x/x
Noun
looking
/x
Verb, Noun
love
/
Noun, Verb
mali
/x
Name
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
merit
/x
Noun, Verb
money
/x
Noun, Adjective
morality
x/xx
Noun
morals
/x
Noun
more
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
nutritional
x/xx
Adjective
obligation
xx/x
Noun
obtain
x/
Verb
obviate
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
offer
/x
Verb, Noun
opportunity
xx/xx
Noun
owe
/
Verb
pea
/
Noun
penalty
/xx
Noun
place
/
Noun, Verb
plight
/
Noun, Verb
poverty
/xx
Noun
precise
x/
Adjective, Verb
psychic energy
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
purpose
/x
Noun, Verb
question
/x
Noun, Verb
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
relevance
/xx
Noun
rely
x/
Verb
requirement
x/x
Noun
rid of
//
Phrase, Verb
scarce
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
serve
/
Verb, Noun
shortage
/x
Noun
shortfall
/x
Noun
significance
x/xx
Noun
sine
/
Noun
site
/
Noun, Verb
strapped
/
Adjective
superfluous
/xx
Adjective
time
/
Noun, Verb
urgency
/xx
Noun
use
/
Noun, Verb
useful
/x
Adjective
usefulness
/xx
Noun
utility
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
venue
/x
Noun
victim
/x
Noun, Verb
vulnerability
xxx/xx
Noun
warranted
/xx
Adjective
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
literally
/xxx
Adverb
tell
/
Verb, Noun