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English adjective: necessary | |||
| 1. | necessary absolutely essential | ||
| Similar | essential, incumbent, indispensable, needed, needful, obligatory, required, requisite | ||
| See also | essential, indispensable, obligatory | ||
| Attribute | necessity | ||
| Antonyms | unnecessary, unneeded | ||
| 2. | necessary unavoidably determined by prior circumstances | ||
| Samples | The necessary consequences of one's actions. | ||
| Similar | inevitable | ||
| Antonyms | avertable, avertible, avoidable, evitable | ||
English noun: necessary | |||
| 1. | necessary (object) anything indispensable | ||
| Samples | 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, necessity, requirement, requisite | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | thing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | desideratum, must, need, want | ||
| Antonyms | inessential, nonessential | ||
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