Needful

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  • adjective. Necessary; required.
  • adjective. Being in need of something.
  • noun. Needy people considered as a group.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having or exhibiting need or distress; needy; necessitous.
  • Necessary; requisite.
  • Synonyms Requisite, etc. (see necessary), indispensable.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.
  • adjective. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Needed; necessary; mandatory; requisite; indispensible.
  • noun. Anything necessary or requisite.
  • noun. Ready money; wherewithal.
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  • adjective. necessary for relief or supply
    • Word Usage
    "It meant they were just sick of this constant idea that the one thing needful is to put more people in the West -- and more people, and yet more people."
    cross-reference
    the needful  
    Equivalent
    necessary  
    Form
    do the needful  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    adequate  ample  beneficial  convenient  desirable  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    called for  cardinal  distressing  essential  fundamental  
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