Definitions for needful

needful need·ful

Spelling: [need-fuh l]
IPA: /ˈnid fəl/

Needful is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 102 anagrams from letters in needful (deeflnu).

Definitions for needful

Idioms

  1. the needful, Slang. money, especially immediately available cash:

adjective

  1. necessary or required:
  2. needy.

Origin of needful

Middle English word dating back to 1125-75; See origin at need, -ful

Examples for needful

Larcher imparted what it was needful that Tompkins should know.

The seamen in return purvey the needful luxuries for lumber-camps.

It is needful, therefore, to understand it as accurately as may be, however we may judge it.

He remained a few moments behind to take some needful things.

Money was needful to extricate him from this drudgery and let him follow up his aspirations.

Men will be conscripted to the extent that it is wise and just and needful.

It is your manhood, not your money, that is needful for success.

I have lodged the needful in the bank, to purchase a commission for you, my son.

But we both know it is not true; I have merely been a needful accessory.

It was needful to implore them since they found the assurance so difficult to believe.

Word Value for needful
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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