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do without
| Main Entry: |
do without
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get along without |
| Synonyms: | abstain from, dispense, endure, forgo, give up |
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| Main Entry: | dismiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send away, remove; free |
| Synonyms: | abolish, banish, boot, brush off, bundle, cast off, cast out, chase, chuck, clear, decline, deport, detach, disband, discard, dispatch, dispense with, disperse, dispose of, dissolve, divorce, do without, drive out, eject, expel, force out, have done with, kick out, let go, let out, lock out, outlaw, push aside, push back, reject, release, relegate, relinquish, repel, repudiate, rid, send off, send packing, shed, show out, slough off, supersede, sweep away, turn out |
| Antonyms: | accept, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, welcome |
| Main Entry: | dispense with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | omit; do away with |
| Synonyms: | abolish, abstain from, brush aside, cancel, dispose of, disregard, do without, forgo, get rid of, give up, ignore, pass over, relinquish, render needless, shake off, waive |
| Antonyms: | accept, keep, regard, retain, take, use |
| Main Entry: | need |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | want something |
| Synonyms: | be deficient, be deprived, be down and out, be hard up, be in need of, be in want, be inadequate, be needy, be poor, be short, be without, call for, claim, covet, crave, demand, desire, die for, do without, drive for, exact, feel a dearth of, feel the necessity for, feel the pinch, go hungry, hanker, have occasion for, have occasion to, have use for, hunger, hurt for, lack, long, lust, miss, necessitate, pine, require, suffer privation, thirst, wish, yearn, yen for |
| Notes: | knead means to make into a uniform mass, as by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands or manually manipulate someone's body usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; a need (noun) is something required or wanted - need (verb) means to require or have a need of |
| Antonyms: | do not want, have |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | need |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
absorbing, called for, crying, destitute, equinecessary, essential, exigent, imperative, in demand, in request, in want of, indispensable, inopious, instant, necessary, needful, prerequisite, pressing, required, requisite, urgent
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