What are some opposite words for need?
Antonyms for need
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, uncertaintySynonyms:
compulsion, destiny, emergency, essential, exigency, extremity, fatality, fate, indispensability, indispensableness, necessity, requirement, requisite, sine qua non, unavoidableness, urgency, wantPreposition:
The necessity of surrender; a necessity for action; this is a necessity to me.
Princeton's WordNet
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, penuryneed, wantnoun
anything that is necessary but lacking
"he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"
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indigence, pauperism, deprivation, demand, pauperization, wish, wishing, privation, deficiency, motive, motivation, lack, neediness, want, penurymotivation, 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"
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indigence, motivating, demand, pauperization, want, motive, motivation, pauperism, motif, penuryindigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperizationverb
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
"their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
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motive, pauperism, demand, impoverishment, pauperization, indigence, motivation, pauperisation, want, penurynecessitate, 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, conductwant, need, requireverb
have need of
"This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
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take, require, expect, demand, involve, ask, desire, command, postulate, call for, necessitate, wantneedverb
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 Words
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
need
Synonyms:
See Basic need, Self-actualisation need
How to use need in a sentence?
I've been very very open to the idea that we need to look at ways in which we can deal with this incarceration rate revolving around drug crimes.
When you look at the number of passengers every day, and the number of stations that we have, you would need to institute security at every station along a subway, instituting that same level of security would be very costly. It would also create tie-ups and bog down commuting times.
Im in the meeting and giving my input like: Well, why are yall spending this money here? Like, why do you need new badges and stuff? it was kind of crazy, but those things are set in place for a reason, to make the city better and make everything flow much better in the city. So, theres a need for it. But you know people outside looking in, they dont understand that. Theyre like, Well, wheres our money going as taxpayers? Your money is going really where it needs to go and for stuff the city needs.
A failure to communicate openly with us can affect the well-running of markets and cause unnecessary harm to investors, especially in times of financial stress or crisis, regulators need open communication with firms so that better decisions can be made sooner. Mr Macris should have explained the position more squarely, especially when he knew the synthetic credit portfolio’s losses had worsened.
We welcome foreign companies' lawful operations in China, but if they violate Chinese laws, we need to investigate them in accordance with Chinese laws.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#183 | need | |
#1178 | choice | |
#1313 | option | |
#2076 | freedom | |
#3643 | doubt | |
#4175 | possibility | |
#7863 | uncertainty | |
#14434 | contingency |
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