Need and Reason

Need

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

Show all Definitions

Reason and need are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reason" instead a noun "Need".

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

Reason noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.

Show all Definitions

Need and reason are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Need" instead a noun "Reason".

good	good need	good reason
special	special need	special reason
particular	particular need	particular reason
usual	usual need	usual reason
Other adjectives: specific, original, true, legitimate, obvious, strong, actual, real, large, big, huge, little, personal, practical, new, possible, apparent, less, different.

character	need character	reason character
power	need power	reason power
man	need man	reason man
people	need people	reason people
Other words: kind, name, time, way, models.

Sticky Fingers: Frank has a mildly compulsive need to shoplift small items, such as candles, without any need or reason.

Source: Film / Robot and Frank
Everyone knows it, no one sees a need or reason to stop it, and if you are one of the women and don't want to play that game, you probably won't live long enough or be importantly enough to complain much.

Source: Series / The Legend of Zhen Huan
Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea realised an amoeba is practically immortal - if it evades diseases and predators it has no reason or need to die - and wondered what would happen if one grew rather than divided.

Source: Mega-Microbes

Cite this Source

Reason and Need. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/need/reason

Need & Reason. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/need/reason>.

Reason or Need. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/need/reason.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "need" and "reason" have occurred on timeline