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Correct spelling:
needful
Definition:
Full
of
need;
in
need
or
want;
needy;
distressing.
Synonyms:
adjective
desirous
acquisitive, amorous, ardent, covetous, desirous, eager, expectant, fond, grasping, greedy, hankering, hopeful, hungry, itching, longing, passionate, urgent, yearning, Lusting, Thirsting.
essential
needful.
exigent
acute, burning, clamant, clamorous, constraining, critical, crying, importunate, insistent, instant, menacing, threatening.
indispensable
basal, basic, essential, key, primary, vital.
mandatory
binding, commanding, compelling, compulsory, de rigueur, forced, imperious, involuntary, obligatory, Irremissible, Compulsatory.
necessary
all-important, decisive, elementary, exigent, expedient, incumbent on, mandatory, momentous, paramount, pressing, prime, quintessential, significant, specified, unavoidable, urgent, bottom-line, name of game.
needful
capital, cardinal, chief, constitutive, crucial, foremost, fundamental, imperative, indispensable, leading, main, necessary, necessitous, needed, prerequisite, principal, required, requisite, wanted, right-hand.
poverty-stricken
bankrupt, beggarly, broke, destitute, distressed, down-and-out, hard up, impoverished, indigent, moneyless, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, stranded, suffering, wanting, Beggared, Unmoneyed, Strapped, bad off, in want, dirt poor, down and out, impencunious, in dire circumstances, in great need; financially poor, miserably poor, stone broke, broke*, short*.
prerequisite
called for, important, of the essence.
required/requisite
appropriate, condign, deserved, due, enforced, just, prescribed, recommended, right, rightful, set, suitable, Demanded.
underlying
bottom, concealed, elemental, hidden, intrinsic, lurking, nitty-gritty, nub, primitive, radical, root, veiled, substratal.
noun
necessary
at all costs, basic, obligatory, of necessity, without fail.
needful
necessary, needed, required, requisite.
Examples of usage:
-
To
get
it,
however,
it
was
needful
to
leave
the
children
again.
– Nine Little Goslings by Susan Coolidge
-
To
pursue
this
art
with
distinguished
ability
two
qualifications
are
especially
needful,-
impudence
and
lack
of
refinement.
– 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Ossip Schubin
-
Now
it
was
needful
to
me
to
learn
how
things
went,
and
for
this
reason
I
listened
to
the
talk
between
you
and
a
certain
lady.
– The Virgin of the Sun by H. R. Haggard
-
I
know
that
change
of
place
is
needful;
but
I
must
not
indulge
in
the
idea.
– The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas by Henry Kirke White
-
Weary
and
sad,
the
men
returned
for
some
needful
rest
and
others
took
their
places.
– Up in Ardmuirland by Michael Barrett
