Synonyms of necessitous

necessitous

adjective

1

as in necessary

impossible to do without

all the dreaded, necessitous decisions that one must make when arranging the funeral of a loved one

Synonyms & Similar Words

• necessary
• required
• essential
• needful
• needed
• integral
• vital
• indispensable
• imperative
• critical
• crucial
• important
• requisite
• all-important
• must-have
• compulsory
• basic
• mandatory
• prerequisite
• urgent
• momentous
• fundamental
• major
• key
• of the essence
• meaningful
• persistent
• substantial
• consequential
• obligatory
• significant
• insistent
• organic
• nonelective
• central
• material
• pressing
• weighty

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• unnecessary
• unwanted
• undesired
• unimportant
• dispensable
• nonessential
• needless
• insignificant
• unneeded
• superfluous
• unessential
• inessential
• extra
• inconsequential
• external
• extraneous
• excess
• surplus

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• unnecessary
• unwanted
• undesired
• unimportant
• dispensable
• nonessential
• needless
• insignificant
• unneeded
• superfluous
• unessential
• inessential
• extra
• inconsequential
• external
• extraneous
• excess
• surplus

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2

as in impoverished

lacking money or material possessions

amidst the holiday feasting, merrymaking and spending, it was easy to overlook the necessitous members of the community

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impoverished
• poor
• impecunious
• needy
• needful
• broke
• beggared
• destitute
• indigent
• penurious
• famished
• deprived
• penniless
• bankrupt
• beggarly
• pauperized
• hard up
• bankrupted
• depressed
• threadbare
• disadvantaged
• dirt-poor
• skint
• down-and-out
• underprivileged
• poverty-stricken
• dispossessed
• out of pocket
• distressed
• out at elbows
• out at the elbows
• ruined
• down on one's luck
• reduced
• insolvent
• unaffluent
• straitened
• short
• poorish
• bust
• pinched
• hardscrabble
• busted
• low
• possessionless
• tapped out
• cash-strapped
• hand-to-mouth

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• wealthy
• rich
• affluent
• opulent
• moneyed
• monied
• fat
• prosperous
• well-to-do
• comfortable
• flush
• well-off
• well-heeled
• deep-pocketed
• fat-cat
• silk-stocking

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• wealthy
• rich
• affluent
• opulent
• moneyed
• monied
• fat
• prosperous
• well-to-do
• comfortable
• flush
• well-off
• well-heeled
• deep-pocketed
• fat-cat
• silk-stocking

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3

as in urgent

needing immediate attention

firmly of the belief that no matter is so necessitous that it cannot be put off until tomorrow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• urgent
• acute
• compelling
• importunate
• exigent
• dire
• desperate
• emergent
• critical
• imperious
• pressing
• imperative
• intense
• instant
• crying
• clamant
• serious
• immediate
• crucial
• insistent
• extreme
• dangerous
• burning
• hazardous
• precarious
• perilous
• demanding
• overriding
• severe
• vital
• unstable
• life-or-death
• grave
• life-and-death
• explosive

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• unimportant
• noncritical
• trivial
• minor
• incidental
• negligible
• stable
• nonurgent
• safe
• nonthreatening
• low-pressure

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• unimportant
• noncritical
• trivial
• minor
• incidental
• negligible
• stable
• nonurgent
• safe
• nonthreatening
• low-pressure

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