necessary - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

anything indispensable

Synonyms

• essential
• necessary
• necessity
• requirement
• requisite

More generic

• thing

More specific

• desideratum
• must
• need
• want

Adjective

unavoidably determined by prior circumstances

Synonyms

• necessary

Related

• inevitable

Adjective

absolutely essential

Synonyms

• necessary

Related

• essential
• incumbent
• indispensable
• needed
• needful
• obligatory
• required
• requisite

Opposite / Antonyms

• unnecessary

Also See

• essential
• indispensable
• obligatory

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