Antonyms for need
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1. need

   Necessity is the quality of being necessary, or the quality of that which can not but be, become, or be true, or be accepted as true. Need and want always imply a lack; necessity may be used in this sense, but in the higher philosophical sense necessity simply denotes the exclusion of any alternative either in thought or fact; righteousness is a necessity (not a need) of the divine nature. Need suggests the possibility of supplying the deficiency which want expresses; to speak of a person's want of decision merely points out a weakness in his character; to say that he has need of decision implies that he can exercise or attain it. As applied to a deficiency, necessity is more imperative than need; a weary person is in need of rest; when rest becomes a necessity he has no choice but to stop work. An essential is something, as a quality, or element, that belongs to the essence of something else so as to be inseparable from it in its normal condition, or in any complete idea or statement of it. Compare NECESSARY; PREDESTINATION.

   Antonyms:
   choice, contingency, doubt, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, fortuity, freedom, option, possibility, uncertainty

   Synonyms:
   compulsion, destiny, emergency, essential, exigency, extremity, fatality, fate, indispensability, indispensableness, necessity, requirement, requisite, sine qua non, unavoidableness, urgency, want

   Preposition:
   The necessity of surrender; a necessity for action; this is a necessity to me.

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1. • Be
   • Condition
   • Necessity

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. need, demandnoun

   a condition requiring relief

   "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs"

   Synonyms:
   indigence, pauperism, demand, pauperization, requirement, motive, motivation, want, penury

2. need, wantnoun

   anything that is necessary but lacking

   "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"

   Synonyms:
   indigence, pauperism, deprivation, demand, pauperization, wish, wishing, privation, deficiency, motive, motivation, lack, neediness, want, penury

3. motivation, motive, neednoun

   the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

   "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"

   Synonyms:
   indigence, motivating, demand, pauperization, want, motive, motivation, pauperism, motif, penury

4. indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperizationverb

   a state of extreme poverty or destitution

   "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

   Synonyms:
   motive, pauperism, demand, impoverishment, pauperization, indigence, motivation, pauperisation, want, penury

5. necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demandverb

   require as useful, just, or proper

   "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"

   Synonyms:
   require, read, pick up, occupy, subscribe to, withdraw, lead, ingest, inquire, take on, carry, deal, assume, have, hold, choose, study, learn, fill, necessitate, bespeak, invite, imply, consume, drive, hire, posit, consider, rent, pick out, collect, quest, contract, adopt, film, remove, demand, gather up, lease, take aim, want, take up, train, strike, use up, select, take, engage, make, claim, regard, enquire, request, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, call for, affect, expect, bring, command, submit, convey, shoot, aim, direct, contend, charter, get, contain, take in, subscribe, involve, acquire, look at, postulate, accept, guide, admit, ask, conduct

6. want, need, requireverb

   have need of

   "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"

   Synonyms:
   take, require, expect, demand, involve, ask, desire, command, postulate, call for, necessitate, want

7. needverb

   have or feel a need for

   "always needing friends and money"

   Synonyms:
   take, involve, require, demand, ask, postulate, call for, necessitate, want

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. neednoun

   Synonyms:
   want, necessity, extremity, strait, exigency, urgency, poverty, penury, privation, indigence

2. needverb

   Synonyms:
   require, lack, want

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. need

   Synonyms:
   See Basic need, Self-actualisation need
   

How to use need in a sentence?

1. Amy Beck:

   Some people do not want to spend $ 200 on a small six-inch cake, but what people need to understand is that all the same processes go into a small cake that go into a large cake. You still have to bake, stack... make all the decorations, decorate the cake, put [ it ] on a presentation board, put it into a box and get it ready.

2. United Nations.Jonathan Allen:

   The change proposed by the military isn't enough. It's not enough to say that it's a two-year transition to civilian rule is adequate, we need to see much faster transition. We need to see civilian rule now. That's what the protesters have been calling for, and that is what we need to do.

3. Edwin Tsang:

   This year is still a survival game, we've got more enquiries from Chinese importers but the prices are still depressed. Whether that's going to be sustainable or not we still need a couple of months to see.

4. Ian Kerner:

   Sex is like swimming, i'm not so worried about adults who know how to swim. But where do 13-year-olds who want to learn about sex and start masturbating go ? They need to learn how to swim in a world of porn, because it's not going anywhere.

5. Rupert Murdoch:

   It is clear that confronting the bushfire disaster in The Australian requires both an immediate response and an ongoing investment in rebuilding the lives and livelihoods of those most affected by the fires across the country, as a company with roots in The Australian and an abiding commitment to its people and communities, we are determined to help, both in this time of great need, and well into the future, as the hard work of restoration continues.

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