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Synonyms:
- imperative, indispensable, undeniable, inevitable, unavoidable, expedient, essential, desirable, urgent, requisite, indispensable, infallible, requisite, required, needed, essential, required, inevitable, needful
Examples:
- - That is necessary which must exist, occur, or be true; which in the nature of things can not be otherwise. That which is essential belongs to the essence of a thing, so that the thing can not exist in its completeness without it; that which is indispensable may be only an adjunct, but it is one that can not be spared; vigorous health is essential to an arctic explorer; warm clothing is indispensable. That which is requisite ( or required) is so in the judgment of the person requiring it, but may not be so absolutely; thus, the requisite is more a matter of personal feeling than the indispensable. Inevitable ( L. in, not, and evito, shun) is primarily the exact equivalent of the Saxon unavoidable; both words are applied to things which some at least would escape or prevent, while that which is necessary may meet with no objection; food is necessary, death is inevitable; a necessary conclusion satisfies a thinker; an inevitable conclusion silences opposition. An infallible proof is one that necessarily leads the mind to a sound conclusion. Needed and needful are more concrete than necessary, and respect an end to be attained; we speak of a necessary inference; necessary food is what one can not live without, while needful food is that without which he can not enjoy comfort, health, and strength.
Antonyms:
- dubious, optional, avoidable, avertible, extra, uncalled-for, redundant, dispensable, preventable, external, unimportant, unnecessary, useless, undecided, elective, shaky, questionable, evadable, undesired, supernumerary, unlikely, excess, unessential, inessential, improbable, doubtful, gratuitous, spare, chosen, unneeded, unclear, worthless, discretionary, surplus, extraneous, voluntary, needless, insignificant, avertable, nonessential, unsettled, superfluous, inconsequential, evitable, supererogatory, unsure, contingent, unwanted, unreliable, undependable, uncertain, casual
