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nəˈsɛs ɪ tine·ces·si·ty
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Wiktionary
necessitynoun
Antonyms:
contingency, possibilitynecessitynoun
I bought a new table out of necessity. My old one was ruined.
Antonyms:
contingency, luxury, possibilitynecessitynoun
Antonyms:
possibility, contingency, luxurynecessitynoun
Antonyms:
contingency, possibility, luxurynecessitynoun
Antonyms:
luxury, contingency, possibilitynecessitynoun
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
Princeton's WordNet
necessitynoun
the condition of being essential or indispensable
Synonyms:
essential, requirement, requisite, necessarynecessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessarynoun
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
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
necessitynoun
Synonyms:
compulsion, fatality, fate, destiny, irresistible forcenecessitynoun
Synonyms:
indispensableness, indispensability, inevitablenessnecessitynoun
Synonyms:
need, needfulness, urgency, exigency, pressing wantnecessitynoun
Synonyms:
requirement, requisite, essential, necessary, indispensable thing, SINE QUA NON
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
necessitynoun
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
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | 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?
Under the rules of a society that cannot distinguish between profit and profiteering, between money defined as necessity and money defined as luxury, murder is occasionally obligatory and always permissible.
With more rotational presence of US and UK subs in Australia, there is a greater necessity for China to surveil these units and thereby, increase the likelihood of accidents or incidents at sea.
The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again: and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
Art has become a necessity of life.
Politically, there is a necessity to back the U.N. effort. It will ultimately mean a transition, to a new political order in Yemen. Clearly with the U.N. effort, the military and political process will see the Houthis pull out of urban centers.
Translations for necessity
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- necessitatCatalan, Valencian
- nouze, nutnostCzech
- Notwendigkeit, NezessitätGerman
- neceseco, necesoEsperanto
- necesidadSpanish
- välttämättömyystarvike, pakko, tarve, tarpeellisuus, välttämättömyys, tarvike, puutteenalaisuus, korvaamattomuus, tarvekalu, puutteellisuus, väistämättömyys, kohtalo, puuteFinnish
- nécessitéFrench
- feum, èiginnScottish Gaelic
- necesidadeGalician
- muszájHungarian
- կարիքArmenian
- besonioInterlingua
- necessitàItalian
- 必然性, 必需品, 必要性Japanese
- پێویست, پێویستیKurdish
- vajadzībaLatvian
- нуждаMacedonian
- koniecznośćPolish
- necessidadePortuguese
- necesitateRomanian
- необходи́мость, нужда́, необходимостьRussian
- nödvändighetSwedish
- అవసరంTelugu
- lüzum, gereklilikTurkish
- необхідністьUkrainian
- ضرورتUrdu
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