Related WordNet synsets for SUMO concept needs

More specialized WordNet synsets

requisiteness

the state of being absolutely required

lack, deficiency, want

the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"

necessity

the condition of being essential or indispensable

impecuniousness, pennilessness, penuriousness

a state of lacking money

draw

require a specified depth for floating; "This boat draws 70 inches"

necessitate, ask, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand

require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner demands a spectacular dessert"

cost

require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job"

cry out for, cry for

need badly or desperately"

biogenic

essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes; "sleep and food and water are among the biogenic needs of the organism"

dispensable

capable of being dispensed with or done without; "dispensable items of personal property"

vital, life-sustaining

performing an essential function in the living body; "vital organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss of vital heat in shock"; "a vital spot"

critical, vital

urgently needed; absolutely necessary; "a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "foods indispensable to good nutrition"

indispensable

not to be dispensed with; essential; "foods indispensable to good nutrition"

dry

suffering from fluid deprivation; "his mouth was dry"

essential, indispensable

absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker"

needed, needful, required, requisite

necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful"

gratuitous, needless, uncalled-for

unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"

inessential

not absolutely necessary