Need
Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.
Object
Object noun - Something material that can be perceived by the senses.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| physical | physical need | physical object |
| special | special need | special object |
| long | long need | long object |
| particular | particular need | particular object |
| Other adjectives: specific, certain, current, original, single, obvious, powerful, actual, real, large, big, new, different, magical. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Usually the newly animated object doesn't need more love in a Gods Need Prayer Badly sort of way, but they all usually reciprocate the feeling of love with their "parent" and would be saddened if they stopped being loved (or worse, were treated as freaks for being alive).
Source: Love Imbues Life -
If there is an object in the environment that you need to interact with- like turning wheels to drain water from a tank- Spider-Man will remind you every 15 seconds.
Source: Annoying Video Game Helper - Fortunately game designers usually don't make the dropped object an absolute necessity in such cases, so unless you really want the object there will be no need to go through the fight again.
Source: Rare Random Drop
Cite this Source
Object and Need. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/need/object
Need & Object. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/need/object>.
Object or Need. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/need/object.
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