Need and Reasoning

Need

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

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

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

Reasoning noun - The thought processes that have been established as leading to valid solutions to problems.

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Need and reasoning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Need" instead a noun "Reasoning".

Nearby Words: reason, reasonable, reasoned, reasonably

emotional	emotional need	emotional reasoning
human	human need	human reasoning
good	good need	good reasoning
specific	specific need	specific reasoning
Other adjectives: original, legitimate, actual, real, little, inherent, practical, new, apparent, less, further, different.

Their reasoning is that 90% of the action in the novels featuring the city takes place here, and there was no need to map the whole of New York - only "Manhattan".

Source: Gateless Ghetto
Kerafyrm had neither of the swords, his reasoning being that he now has the power, and the swords are just mundane vessels to store it, so he didn't need them.

Source: Videogame / EverQuest II
The reasoning is this very trope: You need those extra defenses just for a minute or so, after that it won't matter.

Source: My Defense Need Not Protect Me Forever

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Reasoning and Need. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/need/reasoning

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