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required

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of required

1 forcing oneʼs compliance or participation by or as if by law

  • formal instruction in driving is required in this state before you can get your driverʼs license
Synonyms of required

compulsory, forced, imperative, incumbent, involuntary, mandatory, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, peremptory
Words Related to required

all-important, essential, indispensable, needed, requisite

insistent, persistent, pressing, urgent

demanded, enforced

coercive
Near Antonyms of required

chosen, discretionary

dispensable, unnecessary, unneeded, unwanted

inconsequential, insignificant, nonessential, unimportant
Antonyms of required

elective, optional, voluntary

2 impossible to do without

  • with these frigid winds, hats, scarves, and good mittens are required equipment for heading outside
Synonyms of required

all-important, critical, essential, imperative, indispensable, integral, must-have, necessary, necessitous, needed, needful, requisite, vital
Words Related to required

prerequisite

compulsory, mandatory, nonelective, obligatory

consequential, crucial, important, major, material, meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, weighty

basic, central, fundamental, key, organic

insistent, persistent, pressing, urgent
Phrases Synonymous with required

of the essence
Near Antonyms of required

undesired, unwanted

inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant

excess, external, extra, extraneous, superfluous, surplus
Antonyms of required

dispensable, inessential, needless, nonessential, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded

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