Top synonyms for “necessity”: essential, necessary, requirement, requisite, necessary, unnecessary, unneeded.
Definitions
- (noun)anything indispensable“food and shelter are necessities of life”
- (noun)the condition of being essential or indispensable
Definitions sourced from Princeton WordNet (BSD license).
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Common synonyms for "necessity" include essential, necessary, requirement, requisite, necessary, unnecessary. Our thesaurus lists 7 total alternatives drawn from Princeton WordNet. Click any synonym to find its rhymes.
What does "necessity" mean?
anything indispensable Example: "food and shelter are necessities of life"
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