necessary
/nĕs′ĭ-sĕr″ē/
adjective
  1. Needed or required: synonym: indispensable.
    a contract complete with the necessary signatures; conditions necessary to life.
  2. Unavoidably determined by prior conditions or circumstances; inevitable.
    the necessary results of overindulgence.
  3. Logically inevitable.
    a necessary conclusion.
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NECESSARY Synonyms: 135 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Synonyms for NECESSARY: required, mandatory, compulsory, incumbent, needed, urgent, imperative, obligatory; Antonyms of NECESSARY: optional, voluntary, elective, unnecessary, discretionary, unwanted, unimportant, chosen
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What is another word for necessary? | Necessary Synonyms - WordHippo Thesaurus
Synonyms for necessary include required, essential, needed, requisite, vital, indispensable, needful, demanded, important and key. Find more similar words at wordhippo.com!
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NECESSARY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Synonyms: essential, requisite, requirement · Law., necessaries, food, clothing, etc., required by a dependent person and varying with their social or economic position or that of the person upon whom they are dependent.
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Definitions of necessary · adjective ... basic and fundamental · indispensable · not to be dispensed with; essential · essential, indispensable · absolutely necessary; vitally necessary ·...
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Collins Dictionary
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Synonyms of NECESSARY | Collins American English Thesaurus
Synonyms for NECESSARY: needed, compulsory, essential, imperative, indispensable, mandatory, obligatory, required, requisite, vital, …
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YourDictionary
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Necessary Synonyms: 112 Synonyms and Antonyms for Necessary | YourDictionary.com
Synonyms for NECESSARY: essential, important, indispensable, needful, required, requisite, compulsory, imperative; Antonyms for NECESSARY: unimportant, unnecessary, casual, unessential, discretional, needless, nonessential, optional.
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Cambridge Dictionary
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NECESSARY - 27 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English
Take whatever tools are necessary to get the job done. ... Synonyms for necessary from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc.
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68 Synonyms & Antonyms for MORE NECESSARY | Thesaurus.com
SynonymsAntonyms · Strongest matches · basic · crucial · decisive · fundamental · imperative · indispensable · mandatory · needed · paramount · required · significant · unavoidable · urgent · vital · Strong matches · binding ...
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Needed and needful are more concrete ... he can not enjoy comfort, health, and strength. Synonyms: essential, indispensable, inevitable, infallible, needed, needful, required, requisite, unavoidable, undeniable...
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Necessary — synonyms, necessary antonyms, definition
— essential — incumbent — indispensable — inevitable — irremissible — necessarily — needed — needful — obligatory — required — requisite
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Synonyms for necessary in Free Thesaurus. Antonyms for necessary. 48 synonyms for necessary: needed, demanded, required, called for, essential, vital, compulsory, incumbent, mandatory, imperative, indispensable, obligatory.... What are synonyms for necessary?
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NECESSARY - Synonyms and antonyms - bab.la
In the sense of essentialplanning permission is necessarySynonyms obligatory • requisite • required • compulsory • mandatory • imperative • demanded • needed • called for • needful • essential • indispensable • vital • of the essence • incumbent • de rigueurOpposites ...
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Reverso Dictionary
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You will be added to the system as necessary. ... Discover interesting words and their synonyms pull, opposite, false, trying, reporting, balance, caring, better, wait, growth, history, crisis, wrap, component, objective, vet, association, dose, later, broad.
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1. I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. - Dr. Seuss 2. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye. - Jim Henson 3. People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love.
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Very Necessary: Synonyms for "Important" - Vocabulary List | Vocabulary.com
A vocabulary list featuring Very Necessary: Synonyms for "Important". The word "important" says that something matters without telling us why or how. This list contains a multitude of terms for describing the central point, the big idea, or the main event. For more synonym lists, explore our ...
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Collins Dictionary
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THE NECESSARY Synonyms | Collins English Thesaurus
Synonyms for THE NECESSARY in English: money, means, funds, capital, cash, finances, resources, dough, the readies, dosh, …
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Necessary - Synonyms, Antonyms and Etymology | EWA Dictionary
From the Latin necessarius, from necesse, meaning unavoidable or indispensable, used in English since the late 14th century to denote things that are essential.