Synonyms of needed

needed 1 of 2

adjective

as in necessary

impossible to do without

pack only what will be needed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• necessary
• required
• essential
• needful
• integral
• vital
• imperative
• critical
• crucial
• important
• requisite
• must-have
• indispensable
• all-important
• mandatory
• of the essence
• compulsory
• prerequisite
• basic
• key
• necessitous
• urgent
• major
• meaningful
• fundamental
• obligatory
• organic
• substantial
• significant
• momentous
• central
• pressing
• persistent
• insistent
• consequential
• nonelective
• material
• weighty

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unnecessary
• needless
• nonessential
• extra
• unwanted
• unneeded
• undesired
• dispensable
• unimportant
• insignificant
• excess
• external
• unessential
• superfluous
• inessential
• surplus
• inconsequential
• extraneous

needed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of need

as in required

to have as a requirement

a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• required
• wanted
• took
• demanded
• involved
• necessitated
• challenged
• claimed
• warranted
• called for
• bore
• asked
• entailed
• begged
• lacked
• insisted
• hurt (for)
• cried (for)
• stipulated
• clamored (for)
• enjoined
• exacted
• pressed
• commanded
• quested

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• had
• held
• owned
• possessed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of needed

Adjective

But that undertaking, primarily fueled by private dollars, has been waylaid due to getting a needed booster flight-qualified. — Leonard David, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Senior Trey Cooley, who transferred from Troy, and senior Jayden Limar, who ran for 262 yards last season at Oregon, provide needed depth. — Andrew Destin, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

The development comes a week after the city started the process of relocating residents to allow for the new owner to make needed repairs. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026

The training also involved using real knives as much as possible to get recruits used to the sharp blades and to instill the needed fighting ethos. — David Szondy august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

The engaging biopic tracks Davidson's troubled upbringing to finding a way as an adult to deal with his condition and discover needed confidence. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Executive Director Clint O'Neal said the first two iterations of the program have been successful, providing needed funding to local communities preparing industrial sites. — Dylan Sherman, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026

His family publicly accused the workers' compensation system of delaying and denying needed care. — Ginger Allen, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Reliable transportation can make the difference between making a follow-up appointment and delaying needed care. — Aimée K. Dailey, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Verb

City Director Christina Catsavis asked whether the next election in November would change the number of signatures needed for a petition. — Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026

Coach Nick Sirianni needed a new offensive coordinator for the fifth consecutive season after the offense’s regression in 2025 prompted the biggest change of the Sirianni era. — Zach Berman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Rajeeb Hazra, Quantinuum’s CEO, said the funding will help establish the hardware and supply chain needed for fault-tolerant quantum computers. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

Once the Rockets broke the shame seal and stole away with Olajuwon, the league needed to take drastic measures, because everyone would now feel emboldened to make a mockery of the game. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026

Juan just needed to get a blood transfusion to meet some of the clinical requirements. — Angus Chen, STAT, 8 Sep. 2026

Huge investments are needed to extract the rich resources in Venezuela, whose oil output remains at a fraction of its capacity due to decades of mismanagement, lack of investment and sanctions. — Anniek Bao,spencer Kimball, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026

The powertrain also recaptures waste energy; the ThermAssist heat management system boosts range by 7 percent and reduces the amount of energy needed to heat the car by 40 percent. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026

The more tokens needed, the more money your prompt costs the company that runs your LLM. — Jack Holmes, Vanity Fair, 1 Sep. 2026