needful

Questions about needful

What does needful mean?

needful means "necessary for relief or supply".

How many syllables are in needful?

needful has 2 syllables: need-ful. The stress falls on "need". In IPA it is /ˈnidfəl/.

What is another word for needful?

Close synonyms include needed, required, requisite. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is needful a common word?

needful is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.