needfuladjective
/ˈniːd.fəl//ˈniːd.fəl/formalnecessary:
We must not put them in more danger than is needful.
needing something:
They are needful of affection.
do the needful
UK old-fashioned or Indian English to do what is necessary in a situation:
Notify your bank and they will do the needful.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Essential or necessary
- a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do idiom
- basically
- basis
- be a question of doing sth idiom
- business-critical
- dependence
- if/when push comes to shove idiom
- imply
- incumbent
- indispensable
- inherent
- integral
- need
- needed
- occasion
- on a need-to-know basis idiom
- owe
- owe it to yourself idiom
- underlying
- warrant
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Wanting things
Lacking things