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needful

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of needful

1 impossible to do without
  • purchased needful provisions
Synonyms of needful

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

prerequisite

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 needful

of the essence
Near Antonyms of needful

undesired, unwanted

inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant

excess, external, extra, extraneous, superfluous, surplus
Antonyms of needful

dispensable, inessential, needless, nonessential, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded
2 lacking money or material possessions
  • Let's first help the needful families in our own community.
Synonyms of needful

beggared, beggarly, broke, destitute, dirt-poor, down-and-out, famished, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, pauperized, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken
Words Related to needful

deprived, disadvantaged, dispossessed, underprivileged

bankrupt, bankrupted, bust (or busted), insolvent

possessionless, ruined

depressed, distressed, hand-to-mouth, hardscrabble, pinched, reduced, straitened

cash-strapped, low, short
Phrases Synonymous with needful

down on one's luck, out at elbows (or out at the elbows), out of pocket
Near Antonyms of needful

comfortable, prosperous
Antonyms of needful

affluent, deep-pocketed, fat, fat-cat, flush, moneyed (also monied), opulent, rich, silk-stocking, wealthy, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do

needful

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of needful

something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable
  • packed a warm jacket and other needfuls for an autumn weekend in the country
Synonyms of needful

condition, demand, essential, must, must-have, necessary, necessity, need, requirement, requisite, sine qua non
Words Related to needful

precondition, prerequisite

advantage, edge, plus
Near Antonyms of needful

amenity, comfort, extra, extravagance, frill, indulgence, luxury, superfluity, surplus, surplusage
Antonyms of needful

nonessential, nonnecessity

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