SAKE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SAKE?

Need another word that means the same as “sake”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “sake” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Sake” are: rice beer, saki, interest, cause, purpose, reason, aim, end, objective, object, goal, motive, benefit, advantage, good, well-being, welfare, gain, profit

Sake as a Noun

Definitions of "Sake" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “sake” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Out of consideration for or in order to help or please someone.
• The purpose of achieving or obtaining.
• Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot.
• For the purpose of; in the interest of; in order to achieve or preserve.
• Used to express impatience, annoyance, urgency, or desperation.
• Used to indicate something that is done as an end in itself rather than to achieve some other purpose.
• A reason for wanting something done.

Synonyms of "Sake" as a noun (19 Words)

advantage	(tennis) first point scored after deuce. He saw some advantage in the proposal.
aim	A purpose or intention; a desired outcome. His aim was perfect.
benefit	An event such as a concert or game that is intended to raise money for a particular player or charity. The social season was highlighted by debutante balls and charity benefits.
cause	A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end. She devoted her whole adult life to the cause of deaf people.
end	The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that when achieved terminates behavior intended to achieve it. An ashtray full of cigarette ends.
gain	The amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input. The potential gain from rail privatization would be a more commercial railway.
goal	An instance of sending the ball into or over the goal especially as a unit of scoring in a game. The aircraft bumped towards our goal some 400 miles to the west.
good	That which is morally right; righteousness. What s the good of worrying.
interest	The selfish pursuit of one s own welfare self interest. Interest payments.
motive	A reason for doing something. Police were unable to establish a motive for his murder.
object	The goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable. Small objects such as shells.
objective	The objective case. The system has achieved its objective.
profit	The advantageous quality of being beneficial. His eyes brightened at the prospect of profit.
purpose	The quality of being determined to do or achieve something firmness of purpose. The building is no longer needed for its original purpose.
reason	A rational motive for a belief or action. She is in danger of losing her reason.
rice beer	Annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper.
saki	Small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail.
welfare	Financial support given to those who are unemployed or otherwise in need. She lives on welfare.
well-being	A contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous.

Usage Examples of "Sake" as a noun

• Where did you get it, for heaven's sake?
• ‘Oh, for God's sake!’ snarled Dyson.
• Died for the sake of his country.
• New ideas amount to change for change's sake.
• For the sake of argument.
• I have to make an effort for John's sake.
• For your sake.
• The couple moved to the coast for the sake of her health.
• Let us say, for the sake of argument, that the plotter and the assassin are one and the same person.

Associations of "Sake" (30 Words)

alcohol	Drink containing alcohol. The use of petrol containing alcohol.
bean	A leguminous plant that bears beans in pods. A bean casserole.
beer	A general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops. A pint of beer.
beverage	(chiefly in commercial use) a drink other than water. May I take your beverage order.
brew	Prepare by brewing. A storm was brewing.
carouse	Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking. Corporate carouses.
cocktail	A short mixed drink. A chilled lobster cocktail prettily presented in a martini glass.
coffee	Coffee seeds roasted and ground or a powder made from them. He ordered a cup of coffee.
drink	The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess. He heaved the outboard motor into the drink.
drinker	A person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess. A heavy drinker.
expediency	The quality of being suited to the end in view. An act of political expediency.
gulp	An act of gulping food or drink. He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat.
guzzle	Drink greedily or as if with great thirst. This car guzzles petrol.
inebriated	Stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol. Helplessly inebriated.
juice	A drink made from fruit or vegetable juice. Digestive juices.
kava	The shrub from which the kava root is obtained grown in the Pacific Islands.
lemonade	A sweet colourless carbonated drink containing lemon flavouring. A jug of lemonade.
liqueur	A chocolate with a liqueur filling. Fruit cocktail laced with liqueur.
liquor	Liquid which drains from food during cooking. Waste liquors.
mead	United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978. The tavern stocks beer cider perry and mead.
profit	Make a profit gain money or materially. It would profit us to change our plans.
quaff	A hearty draft. Porter is a dark malty quaff.
rice	Sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice. Rice the potatoes.
sip	Drink in sips. She took a sip of the red wine.
stein	Experimental expatriate United States writer (1874-1946.
swill	Cause (liquid) to swirl round in a container or cavity. A feast swilled down with pints of cider.
tea	Dried leaves of the tea shrub used to make tea. I teaed with Professor Herron.
vino	Fermented juice (of grapes especially.
wine	Treat to wine. He opened a bottle of red wine.