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necessity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of necessity

1 something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable

on any road trip, accurate maps are a necessity

Synonyms of necessity

condition, demand, essential, must, must-have, necessary, need, needful, requirement, requisite, sine qua non

Words Related to necessity

precondition, prerequisite

advantage, edge, plus

desideration, desideratum, wish

Near Antonyms of necessity

amenity, comfort, extra, extravagance, frill, indulgence, luxury, superfluity, surplus, surplusage

Antonyms of necessity

nonessential, nonnecessity

2 the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions

two years of unemployment had reduced the family to abject necessity

Synonyms of necessity

beggary, destituteness, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, need, neediness, pauperism, penuriousness, penury, poorness, poverty, want

Words Related to necessity

gutter, misery, woe, wretchedness

emergency, rainy day

austerity, deprivation, privation

bankruptcy, insolvency

belt-tightening, pinching, straitening

Near Antonyms of necessity

luxury, prosperity

Antonyms of necessity

affluence, opulence, richness, wealth, wealthiness

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