Another word for necessary
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Adjective
Incapable of being dispensed with
- Required; essential.
- Something that is indispensable; a requirement:
- Needed; essential:
- Obligatory:
- Necessary; required:
- Being in need of something:
- Needy people considered as a group:
- Absolutely necessary; essential.
- Obligatory; unavoidable:
- One that is indispensable.
- Constituting or being part of the nature or essence of something; inherent:
- Fundamentally important or necessary:
- Of, relating to, or being a condition or a disease whose cause is unknown:
Imposed on one by authority, command, or convention
- Required; essential.
- Something that is indispensable; a requirement:
- Needed; essential:
- Obligatory:
- Of the nature of an obligation; compulsory:
- Required as part of a routine course of action or cultural expectation; predictable:
- Obligate.
- Required or commanded by authority; obligatory:
- Of, having the nature of, or containing a mandate.
- Holding a League of Nations mandate over a territory.
- Necessary or urgent:
- Expressing a command or plea; peremptory:
- Of, relating to, or constituting the mood that expresses a command or request.
- Obligatory; required:
- Employing or exerting compulsion; coercive.
- An element, such as a dive or school figure, required of all competitors in an athletic competition.
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Another word for necessary
Modifier
Essential
- Existing naturally or by heredity rather than being learned through experience:
- Of or produced by the mind rather than learned through experience:
- Possessed as an essential characteristic; inherent:
- Firmly established, as by long conditioning; deep-seated:
- Worked deeply into the texture or fiber:
- Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; intrinsic:
- Precisely limited or defined; definite:
- Conclusively settled; final.
- Firm in purpose; resolute.
- Lasting or remaining without essential change:
- Not expected to change in status, condition, or place:
- Any of several long-lasting hair styles usually achieved by chemical applications that straighten, curl, or wave the hair.
- Continually occurring; persistent:
- Regularly recurring:
- Unchanging in nature, value, or extent; invariable:
- Firmly in position; stationary:
- Determined; established; set:
- Not subject to change or variation; unchanging:
- Of or relating to the essential nature of a thing; inherent.
- Situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts. Used of certain nerves and muscles.
- First or highest in rank or importance; main:
- Highest in quality; excellent:
- Being the most desired or suitable example of something:
- First or highest in rank or importance.
- Of, relating to, or being financial principal, or a principal in a financial transaction.
- One who holds a position of presiding rank, especially the head of an elementary school, middle school, or high school.
- One who is highest in rank or authority; a leader.
- A chief petty officer.
- The chief engineer of a ship.
- Of, relating to, or having the nature of a quintessence; being the most typical:
- Of, relating to, or constituting the basic, essential, or fundamental part:
- Of, relating to, or involving the fundamental or simplest aspects of a subject:
- Of or relating to an elementary school or elementary education:
- Extremely significant or important:
- Vital to the resolution of a crisis or the determination of an outcome:
- Having the form of a cross; cross-shaped.
- Settling a matter or conflict; conclusive:
- Characterized by or showing the ability to make decisions quickly and firmly; resolute:
- Impossible to avoid; inevitable.
- The action of one that binds:
- Something that binds or is used as a binder.
- The manner in which the pages of a book are joined and held together:
- The basic working components or practical aspects:
- Of the greatest importance; crucial.
- Urgently requiring attention:
- Drivingly forceful:
- Constituting or being part of the nature or essence of something; inherent:
- Fundamentally important or necessary:
- Of, relating to, or being a condition or a disease whose cause is unknown:
- Of the nature of an obligation; compulsory:
- Required as part of a routine course of action or cultural expectation; predictable:
- Obligate.
- Of chief concern or importance:
- Highest in rank, power, or authority:
- One that has the highest rank, power, or authority.
- Of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental:
- Of, being, or serving as a starting point or basis:
- Of or relating to a base.
- Required or commanded by authority; obligatory:
- Of, having the nature of, or containing a mandate.
- Holding a League of Nations mandate over a territory.
- Obligatory; required:
- Employing or exerting compulsion; coercive.
- An element, such as a dive or school figure, required of all competitors in an athletic competition.
- Of utmost importance; of outstanding significance or consequence:
- Having or expressing a meaning:
- Having or expressing a covert or nonverbal meaning; suggestive:
- Having or likely to have a major effect; important:
- Of or relating to the foundation or base; elementary:
- Forming or serving as an essential component of a system or structure; central:
- Of great significance or entailing major change:
- Of foremost importance; paramount:
- Dark to deep or vivid red.
- A high church official, ranking just below the pope, who has been appointed by a pope to membership in the College of Cardinals.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of life:
- Necessary to the continuation of life; life-sustaining:
- Used or done on a living cell or tissue:
- Demanding immediate attention; urgent:
- Very earnest or insistent:
- The process or an instance of applying pressure.
- Requiring immediate action; pressing:
- Having or making urgent demands; demanding:
- Required or necessary as a prior condition:
- Something that is prerequisite, as a course that is required prior to taking an advanced course.
- Necessary or urgent:
- Expressing a command or plea; peremptory:
- Of, relating to, or constituting the mood that expresses a command or request.
- Compelling immediate action or attention; pressing.
- Conveying a sense of pressing importance:
- Needed; essential:
- Obligatory:
- Absolutely necessary; essential.
- Obligatory; unavoidable:
- One that is indispensable.
- Necessary; required:
- Being in need of something:
- Needy people considered as a group:
- Suitable or efficient for accomplishing a purpose:
- Convenient but based on a concern for self-interest rather than principle:
- Speedy; expeditious.
- Required; essential.
- Something that is indispensable; a requirement:
- Constituting or being part of the nature or essence of something; inherent:
- Fundamentally important or necessary:
- Of, relating to, or being a condition or a disease whose cause is unknown:
Inevitable
- Made certain; guaranteed:
- Exhibiting confidence or authority:
- Insured.
- Difficult or impossible to deny; irrefutable:
- Impossible to avoid; inevitable.
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