Synonyms of needing

needing

verb

present participle of need

as in requiring

to have as a requirement

a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• requiring
• wanting
• taking
• demanding
• involving
• necessitating
• claiming
• challenging
• calling for
• warranting
• asking
• begging
• bearing
• lacking
• entailing
• insisting
• crying (for)
• hurting (for)
• clamoring (for)
• pressing
• commanding
• enjoining
• stipulating
• exacting
• questing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• having
• holding
• possessing
• owning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of needing

The 0-3 Chargers visit Seattle on Sunday needing a turnaround; only seven teams in the Super Bowl era have started 0-3 and still reached the playoffs. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Future uses for the approach include any number of stronger, lighter structures and materials needing protection from vibration and shaking. — New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026

About 20% of infected people end up needing hospital care and some other portion will see a doctor. — STAT, 2 Oct. 2026

And the film makes room for those, without needing to resolve them. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026

The result is a more effective change with fewer rumors needing correction, fewer objections stalling adoption and fewer managers left to improvise for their teams. — John Radman, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

The symmetry allows the unit to pivot in any direction without needing to reconfigure. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

That can include inherited homes, rental properties, vacant houses, properties with code violations, homes needing major repairs or situations where the owner wants to sell within a specific time frame. — Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

Their ambitions abroad, then, aren’t driven by needing to find an audience somewhere else. — Crystal Bell, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026