needed

need-ed · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of "need": required something.

  2. 2.

    Necessary or required.

  3. 3.

    Required for a particular purpose.

Related words

Antonyms: unnecessary, unneeded
See also: necessary, need, required
Synonyms: essential, necessary, required

Etymology

Past participle of "need," from Old English "nied, ned" meaning "necessity, compulsion."