necessary

The word “necessary” has 4 syllables: nec-es-sa-ry

It's pronounced as /ˈnɛsəˌsɛri/

What is synonym and antonym for necessary?

In the thesaurus, “necessary” has 111 synonyms and 55 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for necessary along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for necessary

advantage
all-important
assured
basic
binding
bottom-line
cardinal
central
certain
chief
coercive
compelling
compulsory
condition
consequential
critical
crucial
de rigueur
decided
decisive
definite
demand
demanded
desideration
desideratum
destined
edge
elementary
enforced
essential
exigent
expedient
fated
forced
foreordained
fundamental
imminent
imperative
important
in the bag
in the cards
incumbent
incumbent on
indispensable
ineluctable
ineludible
inerrant
inescapable
inevasible
inevitable
inexorable
infallible
insistent
integral
involuntary
key
likely
major
mandatory
material
meaningful
momentous
must
must-have
name of game
necessitous
necessity
need
needed
needful
nonelective
obligatory
of the essence
on the cards
organic
paramount
peremptory
persistent
plus
possible
precondition
predestined
predetermined
preordained
prerequisite
pressing
prime
principal
probable
quintessential
relentless
required
requirement
requisite
returnless
settled
significant
sine qua non
specified
substantial
sure
unavoidable
undeniable
unescapable
unremitting
unstoppable
urgent
vital
wanted
weighty
wish

Antonyms for necessary

additional
amenity
avoidable
chosen
comfort
contingent
discretionary
dispensable
doubtful
dubious
elective
evadable
excess
external
extra
extraneous
extravagance
frill
improbable
inconsequential
indulgence
inessential
insignificant
luxury
minor
needless
nonessential
nonnecessity
optional
preventable
preventible
questionable
secondary
shaky
superfluity
superfluous
surplus
surplusage
trivial
uncertain
unclear
undecided
undependable
undesired
unessential
unimportant
unlikely
unnecessary
unneeded
unreliable
unsettled
unsure
unwanted
useless
voluntary

Meanings of necessary

noun
1. (usually with the definite article) A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.
adjective
1. Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.
2. Unavoidable, inevitable.
3. Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.

Example Sentences

It's necessary to drink plenty of water to stay hydrated.
Following the rules is necessary for maintaining order in society.
Good communication skills are necessary for success in any profession.
Proper planning is necessary to ensure the project's success.
Vaccination is necessary to prevent the spread of certain diseases.

On this page you'll find 166 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to necessary, such as: additional, advantage, all-important, amenity, assured, avoidable, basic.

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