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needs

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of needs

because of necessity

  • the dangers of global warming must needs be recognized—and recognized soon—by the industrialized nations of the world
Synonyms of needs

ineluctably, inescapably, inevitably, ipso facto, necessarily, perforce, unavoidably
Words Related to needs

involuntarily
Antonyms of needs

unnecessarily

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