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Synonyms for necessary
ˈnɛs əˌsɛr i
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Princeton's WordNet
necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary(adj)
anything indispensable
"food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"
Synonyms:
essential, demand, requirement, requisite, necessity, prerequisiteAntonyms:
supererogatory, uncalled-for, avoidable, evitable, surplus, superfluous, spare, extra, avertible, excess, unnecessary, gratuitous, avertable, inessential, unneeded, needless, supernumerary, redundantnecessary(adj)
absolutely essential
Antonyms:
supererogatory, extra, inessential, surplus, redundant, superfluous, excess, spare, supernumerary, avertable, evitable, avertible, uncalled-for, needless, gratuitous, unnecessary, unneeded, avoidablenecessary(adj)
unavoidably determined by prior circumstances
"the necessary consequences of one's actions"
Antonyms:
spare, supererogatory, avoidable, excess, superfluous, extra, avertable, inessential, unneeded, surplus, uncalled-for, evitable, unnecessary, needless, redundant, gratuitous, supernumerary, avertible
Wiktionary
necessary(adjective)
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unnecessarynecessary(adjective)
bathroom, toilet, loo
Antonyms:
unnecessary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
necessary
That is necessary which must exist, occur, or be true; which in the nature of things can not be otherwise. That which is essential belongs to the essence of a thing, so that the thing can not exist in its completeness without it; that which is indispensable may be only an adjunct, but it is one that can not be spared; vigorous health is essential to an arctic explorer; warm clothing is indispensable. That which is requisite (or required) is so in the judgment of the person requiring it, but may not be so absolutely; thus, the requisite is more a matter of personal feeling than the indispensable. Inevitable (Latin in, not, and evito, shun) is primarily the exact equivalent of the Saxon unavoidable; both words are applied to things which some at least would escape or prevent, while that which is necessary may meet with no objection; food is necessary, death is inevitable; a necessary conclusion satisfies a thinker; an inevitable conclusion silences opposition. An infallible proof is one that necessarily leads the mind to a sound conclusion. Needed and needful are more concrete than necessary, and respect an end to be attained; we speak of a necessary inference; necessary food is what one can not live without, while needful food is that without which he can not enjoy comfort, health, and strength.
Synonyms:
essential, indispensable, inevitable, infallible, needed, needful, required, requisite, unavoidable, undeniableAntonyms:
casual, contingent, needless, non-essential, optional, unnecessary, useless, worthlessPreposition:
Necessary to a sequence or a total; for or to a result or a person; unity is necessary to (to constitute) completeness; decision is necessary for command, or for a commander.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
necessary
Synonyms:
certain, inevitable, indispensable, requisite, essential, compulsory, needful, expedientAntonyms:
contingent, casual, optional, discretional, unnecessary, unessential, free
Dictionary of English Synonymes
necessary(a.)
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inevitable, unavoidable, that must be, not to be avoidednecessary(a.)
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requisite, essential, indispensable, needful, that cannot be sparednecessary(a.)
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involuntary, not freenecessary(n.)
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requisite, requirement, necessity, essential, indispensable thing, SINE QUA NONnecessary(n.)
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privy, jakes, water-closet, back-house
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
necessary(a)
Synonyms:
requisite, essential, needed, needful, indispensable inevitable, unavoidableAntonyms:
nonessential, unnecessary, optional, discretional, casual, needlessnecessary(n)
Synonyms:
requisite, requirement, essential, sine qua non
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "necessary":
needed, required, requisite, essential, need, appropriate, requirements, indispensable, imperative, vital, much-needed, adequate, necessity, unnecessary, crucial, needs, sufficient
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
necessary
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See Medically necessary, Necessary dental service or supply
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#183 | need | |
#485 | required | |
#632 | needs | |
#825 | requirements | |
#1059 | needed | |
#1100 | certain | |
#1105 | necessary | |
#1152 | appropriate | |
#1829 | demand | |
#2131 | essential | |
#3277 | requirement | |
#3614 | sufficient | |
#4555 | adequate | |
#4760 | vital | |
#6242 | crucial | |
#8620 | prerequisite | |
#9308 | necessity | |
#9462 | unnecessary | |
#11526 | compulsory | |
#11810 | inevitable | |
#14966 | imperative | |
#16399 | requisite | |
#18563 | indispensable | |
#26080 | unavoidable | |
#34267 | expedient | |
#36577 | undeniable | |
#45550 | infallible | |
#54937 | needful |
How to use necessary in a sentence?
I want to thank you for making this day necessary.
The( Guardian) Council has a supervisory role and not an executive one. The government... has necessary means to prevent election disorders and possible fraud.
She believes in staying engaged in the world but reinvigorating diplomacy as part of that and considering when the military is absolutely necessary and when the military is absolutely not necessary.
If this was all so above-board and not problematic in any way, why did the National Security Council coming out of this meeting feel it was necessary to contact the CIA director and the director of the National Security Agency to give them a heads' up on what Trump had just told the Russians?
I don’t want to stand in the way of the development of the bank and if necessary I will step side, he was really upset, I mean, really upset.
Translations for necessary
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- لازم, ضروريArabic
- necessariCatalan, Valencian
- nutnýCzech
- nødvendigDanish
- notwendig, zwangsläufig, nötigGerman
- απαραίτητος, [[ζωτικός, αναπόδραστος, αναπόφευκτοςGreek
- necesaEsperanto
- necesarioSpanish
- بایسته, لازم, ضروریPersian
- tarvittava, välttämätön, tähdellinen, tärkeäFinnish
- nécessaireFrench
- deatamach, riatanachScottish Gaelic
- necesarioGalician
- ज़रूरीHindi
- nesesèHaitian Creole
- nélkülözhetetlen, szükséges, szükségszerű, elengedhetetlenHungarian
- անհրաժեշտArmenian
- necesse, necessariInterlingua
- necesaIdo
- nauðsynlegurIcelandic
- necessarioItalian
- 当然, 必要, 必然的Japanese
- საჭიროGeorgian
- 필요Korean
- پێویستKurdish
- vajadzīgsLatvian
- нужен, неопходен, потребенMacedonian
- nodig, noodzakelijkDutch
- nødvendigNorwegian
- potrzebnyPolish
- necessárioPortuguese
- necesarRomanian
- нужный, необходимыйRussian
- nödvändigSwedish
- అవసరమైన, కావాల్సినTelugu
- gerekli, elzemTurkish
- ضروریUrdu
- cần thiếtVietnamese
- zesüdikVolapük
- 必要Chinese
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