Need and Right

Need

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

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Right and need are semantically related. in want topic. In some cases you can use "Right" instead a noun "Need".

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

Right noun - Something to which one has a just claim.

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Need and right are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Need" instead a noun "Right".

Nearby Words: righteous, rightful, righted, rightly, righting

human	human need	human right
good	good need	good right
special	special need	special right
legitimate	legitimate need	legitimate right
Other adjectives: single, real, big, extreme, little, bad, inherent, general, less, greater, last, greatest.

attention	need attention	right attention
someone	need someone	right someone

Is the Alliance right to focus the Allied fleet's attention on Earth, where there is still a sizable population in need of evacuation and a resistance in need of backup?

Source: Alternative Character Interpretation / Video Games
The God Fuse: Just because you're in the right (or you think you're in the right) about something, doesn't mean you need to be a dick about it.

Source: Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped
You want to have a character be able to do something like activate a machine or detonate a bomb in a cool way without the need to be right up next to it?

Source: Handy Remote Control

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