Sake

//ˈseɪk//

Synonyms for "sake" (70 found)

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Closest matches (14)

account advantage aim ambition animus aspiration basis behalf benefit brew calling cause consideration counsel

Strong matches (21)

desideration desideratum design desire determination effect fixed purpose function gain goal good ground guiding light guiding star idea ideal inspiration intendment intent intention

Noun(1 words)

interest

Related words (35)

lodestar mainspring matter meaning mind motive nisus objectives plan point principle profit project proposal prospectus purpose purposes reason reasons resolution

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resolve rice wine score source spring striving study ulterior motive view vocation welfare well-being will

Noun(2 words)

rice beer saki

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

12 entries

aim alcohol alcoholic beverage alcoholic drink benefit design inebriant intent intention intoxicant purpose welfare

Synonyms

1 entries

rice wine

derived

46 entries

art for art's sake atsake for Christ's sake for God's sake for Goddess's sake for Pete's sake for any sake for cripes sake for cripes' sake for fuck's sake for fudge's sake for goodness' sake for gosh sake for heaven's sake for land's sake for land's sake alive

Showing 16 of 46 words.

has context

3 entries

countable and uncountable japan obsolete except in phrases

is a

3 entries

alcohol benefit purpose

related to

18 entries

account accusation alcoholic awamori beverage cause contention end guilt interest japanese purpose reason rice shochu sin

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Translations

62 translations across 18 languages.

Arabic

4 entries

غاية noun (cause, interest or account)
غَرَض noun (cause, interest or account)
قَصْد noun (cause, interest or account)
مَصْلَحَة noun (cause, interest or account)

Bulgarian

4 entries

благо noun (benefit)
име noun (purpose or end; reason)
мотив noun (cause, interest or account)
полза noun (benefit)

Danish

3 entries

skyld noun (cause, interest or account)
skyld noun (purpose or end; reason)
skyld noun (benefit)

Dutch

2 entries

halve noun (purpose or end; reason)
wille noun (purpose or end; reason)

Finnish

3 entries

etu noun (benefit)
syy noun (cause, interest or account)
tähden noun (cause, interest or account)

German

3 entries

Sinn noun (cause, interest or account)
Vorteil noun (benefit)
Ziel noun (cause, interest or account)

Italian

1 entries

causa noun (cause, interest or account)

Japanese

1 entries

のために noun (benefit)

Khmer

3 entries

ប្រយោជន៍ noun (cause, interest or account)
ប្រយោជន៍ noun (purpose or end; reason)
ប្រយោជន៍ noun (benefit)

Latin

4 entries

gratia noun (contention, strife; guilt)
gratias noun (cause, interest or account)
grātia noun (cause, interest or account)
grātia noun (purpose or end; reason)

Polish

1 entries

wzgląd noun (cause, interest or account)

Portuguese

4 entries

bem noun (benefit)
benefício noun (benefit)
causa noun (cause, interest or account)
causa noun (cause, interest or account)

Russian

4 entries

бла́го noun (benefit)
моти́в noun (purpose or end; reason)
причи́на noun (cause, interest or account)
причи́на noun (purpose or end; reason)

Spanish

4 entries

beneficio noun (benefit)
bien noun (benefit)
bienestar noun (benefit)
causa noun (cause, interest or account)

Swedish

2 entries

skull noun (cause, interest or account)
skull noun (benefit)

Turkish

3 entries

gaye noun (cause, interest or account)
kast noun (cause, interest or account)
menfaat noun (benefit)

Ukrainian

1 entries

користь noun (benefit)

Walloon

2 entries

idêye noun (purpose or end; reason)
såme noun (purpose or end; reason)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Your father went through all that trouble for your sake.

Source: tatoeba (16920)

Don't be angry with me, for I did it for your sake.

Source: tatoeba (17374)

Let's not argue for the sake of arguing.

Source: tatoeba (19989)

Imagine, for the sake of argument, a tribal group in which mother-son incest was countenanced.

Source: tatoeba (19990)

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