Heap and Need

Opposite meaning words

Heap noun - A considerable amount.

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Need is an antonym for heap in pile topic.

Nearby Words: heaped, heaping

Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.

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Heap is an antonym for need.

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

emotional	emotional heap	emotional need
burning	burning heap	burning need
old	old heap	old need
high	high heap	high need
Other adjectives: true, single, large, big, huge, social.

heap people

need people

You need mechanics to tend to the machines (remember, just one little missing piece and your fancy jet fighter is either a heap of junk or a deathtrap), you need engineers to build stuff, people to feed all the workers, etc.

Source: Tabletop Game / Leviathan: The Tempest

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