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Synonyms for necessity
nəˈsɛs ɪ ti
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Princeton's WordNet
necessity(noun)
the condition of being essential or indispensable
Synonyms:
essential, requirement, requisite, necessarynecessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary(noun)
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, necessary, prerequisite
Wiktionary
necessity(noun)
Antonyms:
possibility, contingencynecessity(noun)
I bought a new table out of necessity. My old one was ruined.
Antonyms:
contingency, luxury, possibilitynecessity(noun)
Antonyms:
possibility, contingency, luxurynecessity(noun)
Antonyms:
contingency, luxury, possibilitynecessity(noun)
Antonyms:
luxury, contingency, possibilitynecessity(noun)
Antonyms:
contingency, possibility, luxury
English Synonyms and Antonyms
necessity
Necessity is the quality of being necessary, or the quality of that which can not but be, become, or be true, or be accepted as true. Need and want always imply a lack; necessity may be used in this sense, but in the higher philosophical sense necessity simply denotes the exclusion of any alternative either in thought or fact; righteousness is a necessity (not a need) of the divine nature. Need suggests the possibility of supplying the deficiency which want expresses; to speak of a person's want of decision merely points out a weakness in his character; to say that he has need of decision implies that he can exercise or attain it. As applied to a deficiency, necessity is more imperative than need; a weary person is in need of rest; when rest becomes a necessity he has no choice but to stop work. An essential is something, as a quality, or element, that belongs to the essence of something else so as to be inseparable from it in its normal condition, or in any complete idea or statement of it. Compare NECESSARY; PREDESTINATION.
Synonyms:
compulsion, destiny, emergency, essential, exigency, extremity, fatality, fate, indispensability, indispensableness, need, requirement, requisite, sine qua non, unavoidableness, urgency, wantAntonyms:
choice, contingency, doubt, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, fortuity, freedom, option, possibility, uncertaintyPreposition:
The necessity of surrender; a necessity for action; this is a necessity to me.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
necessity
Synonyms:
indispensableness, inevitableness, need, indigence, requirement, want, fate, destinyAntonyms:
dispensableness, uncertainty, superfluity, uselessness, competence, affluence, casualty, contingency, freedom, choice
Dictionary of English Synonymes
necessity(n.)
Synonyms:
compulsion, fatality, fate, destiny, irresistible forcenecessity(n.)
Synonyms:
indispensableness, indispensability, inevitablenessnecessity(n.)
Synonyms:
need, needfulness, urgency, exigency, pressing wantnecessity(n.)
Synonyms:
requirement, requisite, essential, necessary, indispensable thing, SINE QUA NON
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
necessity(n)
Synonyms:
requisite, necessary, requirement, essential, exigency, urgency, indispensabilityAntonyms:
choice, option, contingency, doubtfulness, possibility
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "necessity":
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
necessity
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See Medical necessity
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#183 | need | |
#254 | want | |
#1105 | necessary | |
#1829 | demand | |
#1909 | emergency | |
#2131 | essential | |
#3277 | requirement | |
#7888 | fate | |
#8620 | prerequisite | |
#9247 | destiny | |
#9308 | necessity | |
#14966 | imperative | |
#16157 | urgency | |
#16399 | requisite | |
#29276 | fatality | |
#30283 | extremity | |
#37799 | compulsion | |
#115959 | exigency | |
#210874 | indigence | |
#265185 | indispensability |
How to use necessity in a sentence?
Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
The whole data transfer system would be impacted and could impact the global economy, there are alternatives to the standard clauses, including the derogations set out in the GDPR such as consent, contractual necessity and others but they are strictly interpreted and difficult to apply in practice.
Missing is the cry, the necessity for more than you are.
As soon as sacrifice becomes a duty and necessity to mankind. I see no limit to the horizon which opens before him.
Mothers are a biological necessity; fathers are a social invention.
Translations for necessity
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- necessitatCatalan, Valencian
- nutnost, nouzeCzech
- Nezessität, NotwendigkeitGerman
- neceso, necesecoEsperanto
- necesidadSpanish
- pakko, korvaamattomuus, puute, välttämättömyystarvike, kohtalo, puutteenalaisuus, välttämättömyys, tarpeellisuus, tarve, tarvike, puutteellisuus, väistämättömyys, tarvekaluFinnish
- nécessitéFrench
- èiginn, feumScottish Gaelic
- necesidadeGalician
- muszájHungarian
- կարիքArmenian
- besonioInterlingua
- necessitàItalian
- 必然性, 必需品, 必要性Japanese
- پێویستی, پێویستKurdish
- vajadzībaLatvian
- нуждаMacedonian
- koniecznośćPolish
- necessidadePortuguese
- necesitateRomanian
- необходи́мость, нужда́, необходимостьRussian
- nödvändighetSwedish
- అవసరంTelugu
- lüzum, gereklilikTurkish
- необхідністьUkrainian
- ضرورتUrdu
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