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needed

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of needed

impossible to do without

pack only what will be needed

Synonyms of needed

all-important, critical, essential, imperative, indispensable, integral, must-have, necessary, necessitous, needful, required, requisite, vital

Words Related to needed

compulsory, mandatory, nonelective, obligatory

consequential, crucial, important, major, material, meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, weighty

basic, central, fundamental, key, organic

insistent, persistent, pressing, urgent

Phrases Synonymous with needed

of the essence

Near Antonyms of needed

undesired, unwanted

inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant

excess, external, extra, extraneous, superfluous, surplus

Antonyms of needed

dispensable, inessential, needless, nonessential, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded

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