'Needful' definitions:

Definition of 'needful'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful" [syn: needed, needful, required, requisite]

Definition of 'Needful'

From: GCIDE
  • Needful \Need"ful\ (n[=e]d"f[.u]l), a.
  • 1. Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing. [Archaic] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • The needful time of trouble. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite. [1913 Webster]
  • All things needful for defense abound. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] -- {Need"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Need"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'needful'

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Words containing 'Needful'