Similar Words

— essential
— incumbent
— indispensable
— inevitable
— irremissible
— necessarily
— needed
— needful
— obligatory
— required
— requisite

Misspelling

ecessary, mecessary, neccessary, nece?ary, necesary, necessaary, necessar, necessarry, necessaryy, necessssary, necezzary, neeceessary, nekessary, nnecessary

Necessary — synonyms, necessary antonyms, definition

1. necessary (a)

42 synonyms

assured basic binding certain compelled compulsory constitutional critical crucial elemental essential forced functional fundamental immediate imminent imperative imperious important indispensable • • •

2. necessary (Noun)

16 synonyms

basic demand element essential fundamental imperative necessity need obligation postulate prerequisite qualification requirement requisite rudiment vital part

1 definition

necessary (Noun) — Anything indispensable.

1 type of

thing

4 types

desideratum must need want

3. necessary (Adjective)

1 antonym

unnecessary

2 definitions

necessary (Adjective) — Absolutely essential.

necessary (Adjective) — Unavoidably determined by prior circumstances. ex. "the necessary consequences of one's actions"

1 see also

necessity