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necessary

/'n/E/s/I/,s/E/r/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. absolutely essential

    adj.all

    Antonyms unnecessary unneeded

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. anything indispensable

    noun.object

    Synonyms essential necessity requirement requisite
    Antonyms inessential nonessential

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the <i>necessaries</i> of life.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. unavoidably determined by prior circumstances

    adj.all

    Examples
    The necessary consequences of one's actions.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

nebulynecnecessariannecessarianismnecessarilynecessarinessnecessitariannecessitarianismnecessitatenecessitattionnecessitiednecessitous

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