DESIDERATION Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

desideration

noun

Definition of desideration

as in necessary

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Noun

Corridors and the lobby are open-air, cleverly arranged to ventilate naturally with the wind, meaning no air-con necessary.

— Duncan Madden, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2026
At George Washington’s Mount Vernon plantation in Virginia there were several such necessaries on the grounds.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025

Definition of necessary

Noun

Right-leaning lawmakers have also expressed their wish to curtail individual rulings from Supreme Court justices, who have often suspended laws, issued sweeping injunctions and made high-impact orders without the authorization of the full bench.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
The work, which debuted in Venice’s Immersive competition, follows three sisters and three brothers on their journey from Europe to Mauritania to fulfill the last wish of their father to be laid to rest beside his father in his native village.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of wish

Noun

It's packed with moisture-loving glycerin, lathers well on washcloths (my preferred delivery method), and is fragrance-free, which is a must for my sensitive-leaning skin.

— Sheryl George, Allure, 26 Oct. 2026
What to Do Much of the park encompasses a flourishing redwood forest, so a hike through the trees is a must.

— Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of must

Noun

The Spanish Navy and Navantia are working from operational requirements, and the final design must still go through procurement.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
American technology therefore qualified for the Commission’s own sovereign cloud requirements through a European operating structure.

— Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of requirement

Noun

If cultural similarity were the sine qua non of syncing up, then homogenous rosters would be the recipe for success.

— Michael Morris, Time, 1 July 2026
Many other analysts on Wall Street see the reusability of Starship as the sine qua non of the company’s long-term profitability.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 1 July 2026

Definition of sine qua non

Noun

At Kingpins Amsterdam last week, industry experts discussed the must-have ingredients for scaling innovation.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
The group says it’s shaped several must-haves by taking lessons from Washington’s failure to regulate social media.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of must-have

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