'Needful' definitions:
Definition of 'needful'
From: WordNet
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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