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requirement

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of requirement

something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable

  • this science course is a requirement for graduation
Synonyms of requirement

condition, demand, essential, must, must-have, necessary, necessity, need, needful, requisite, sine qua non
Words Related to requirement

precondition, prerequisite

advantage, edge, plus

desideration, desideratum, wish
Near Antonyms of requirement

amenity, comfort, extra, extravagance, frill, indulgence, luxury, superfluity, surplus, surplusage
Antonyms of requirement

nonessential, nonnecessity

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