Synonyms: necessary, necessity, essential, requirement, requisite
Definition: anything indispensable
Usage: food and shelter are necessities of life; the essentials of the good life; allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions; a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained
Similar words: thing
Definition: a separate and self-contained entity
Synonyms: necessity
Definition: the condition of being essential or indispensable
Definition: a condition requiring relief
Usage: she satisfied his need for affection; God has no need of men to accomplish His work; there is a demand for jobs