Need
Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.
Toil
Toil noun - Very hard or unpleasant work.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| emotional | emotional need | emotional toil |
| strong | strong need | strong toil |
| constant | constant need | constant toil |
| secret | secret need | secret toil |
Common collocations
| way | need way | toil way |
Both words in one sentence
- A case of Grey and Gray Morality, Cronus ate his kids, but is recorded as ruling over a Golden Age for mankind where humans lived without the need for toil, disease, or war.
Source: Rooting for the Empire
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