needing
Having to have
Needing is the present participle of need, describing the state of requiring or lacking something essential.
It functions as a verb form The car is needing repairs or as an adjective families needing assistance.
The construction "needing to" precedes an infinitive: I'm needing to leave soon.
In some dialects, particularly Scottish and Irish English, progressive forms like I'm needing appear where standard English prefers simple present I need.
Driven by urgent need
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
dire · immediate · compelling · demanding · crying out for · calling for · requiring
Absent or insufficient
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- wishingDesiring something hoped-for
hoping · pining · aching · hungering · thirsting · eager · desirous · aspiring
Absent or insufficient
- lackingBeing without something
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- deficientHaving too little
- shortOf limited extent
scarce · insufficient · inadequate · deprived · bereft · devoid · absent · without
Indispensable, cannot omit
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- requiredNeeded by rule
- prerequisiteRequired prior condition
- mandatoryRequired by rule
compulsory · requisite · indispensable · obligatory · imperative · stipulation · condition · precondition
Requiring external support
- dependentRequiring outside support
- helplessUnable to act independently
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- clingingGripping without release
attached · subordinate · interdependent · supported · assisted · sustained · leaning on · counting on
desperate
Driven by urgent need
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
acute · dire · immediate · compelling · demanding · crying out for · calling for · requiring
wanting
Absent or insufficient
wishing · hoping · pining · aching · hungering · thirsting · eager · desirous · aspiring · coveting
wanting
Absent or insufficient
short · scarce · insufficient · inadequate · deprived · bereft · devoid · absent · without · sparse
necessary
Indispensable, cannot omit
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- requiredNeeded by rule
- prerequisiteRequired prior condition
mandatory · compulsory · requisite · indispensable · obligatory · imperative · stipulation · condition · precondition · qualification
reliant
Requiring external support
- dependentRequiring outside support
- helplessUnable to act independently
- vulnerableOpen to attack
clinging · attached · subordinate · interdependent · supported · assisted · sustained · leaning on · counting on · beholden
- needing no introductionAlready famous to all
- needing one's eyes checkedRequiring an examination of sight
- needing one's head examinedActing foolishly or irrationally
need, needed, needs, needy, needless, unneeded, needlessly, needful, needn't