Needful

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Needful \Need"ful\ (n[=e]d"f[.u]l), a.
     1. Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.
        [Archaic] --Chaucer.
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              The needful time of trouble.          --Bk. of Com.


                                                    Prayer.
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     2. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.
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              All things needful for defense abound. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Need"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Need"ful*ness},
        n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  needful
       adj : necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all
             things needful" [syn: {needed}, {required}, {requisite}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "needful":
     called for, cardinal, essential, fundamental, imperative,
     indicated, indispensable, irreducible, irreductible, irreplaceable,
     mazuma, moolah, necessary, needed, ooftish, pelf, prerequisite,
     required, requisite, rhino, rocks, scratch, shekels, smash,
     unforgoable, vital, wanted