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

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

Other research links unfair treatment in healthcare settings to mistrust and going without needed care. — Hyojin Im, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026

Verb

The idea challenged the assumption that every major component needed an in-house nuclear design. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

Selling Tonali to Tottenham was about providing headroom for the changes Newcastle needed to make. — George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Google will pay an additional $190 million to Entergy for transmission system upgrades needed to serve the project. — Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 1 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

Libra September 23 – October 22 Quiet may be just what is needed for a creative idea to flourish. — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Aug. 2026

The retrofit is needed primarily because many of the 499 piles that hold up the piers have micro-cracks. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026