need

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TRANSITIVE VERB
(to require)-necesitar
Synonyms for need
call for
requerir
demand
exigir
desire
desear
necessitate
hacer necesario
need to
necesitar
require
requerir
want
tener que
covet
codiciar
crave
ansiar
entail
implicar
exact
exigir
hunger
estar sediento de
lack
carecer de
take
hacer falta
thirst
tener sed de
wish
desear
NOUN
(necessity)-la necesidad
Synonyms for need
desire
el deseo
longing
la añoranza
requirement
la necesidad
thirst
el ansia
want
la necesidad
compulsion
la compulsión
condition
la condición
demand
la petición
desideratum
el desiderátum
duty
el deber
essential
N/A
hunger
la sed
inclination
la tendencia
lust
el ansia
necessity
la necesidad
obligation
la obligación
prerequisite
el requisito indispensable
responsibility
la responsabilidad
urgency
la urgencia
wish
el deseo
Antonyms for need
excess
el exceso
luxury
el lujo
abundance
la abundancia
burden
la carga
comfort
la comodidad
dislike
la fobia
option
la opción
riches
la riqueza
store
la tienda
NOUN
(poverty)-la necesidad
Synonyms for need
famine
la hambruna
hardship
la dificultad
misery
la miseria
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