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necessary
adjective as in essential
Strongest matches
basic, crucial, decisive, essential, fundamental, imperative, indispensable, mandatory, needed, paramount, required, significant, unavoidable, urgent, vital
Strong matches
binding, cardinal, chief, expedient, prerequisite, pressing, prime, principal, requisite
Weak matches
all-important, bottom-line, compelling, compulsory, de rigueur, elementary, exigent, incumbent on, momentous, must-have, name of game, needful, obligatory, quintessential, specified, wanted
adjective as in inevitable
Strongest matches
Weak matches
assured, fated, ineluctable, ineludible, inerrant, inescapable, inevasible, inexorable, infallible, returnless, undeniable, unescapable
Example Sentences
Although the laboratory results are encouraging, the researchers emphasize that additional work is necessary before the technology can be deployed at large scales.
Skipper also acknowledged the need to preserve Iamaleava’s availability by preventing him from taking more hits than necessary.
Hardship withdrawals can only be made for the amount necessary to meet the financial need, per IRS rules.
John Maceri, chief executive of The People Concern, an L.A.-based nonprofit social service agency focused on ending homelessness, said unhoused people may initially decline resources but that “relentless outreach” is necessary.
Indeed, Dalia has trouble with her Italian, and when she offers to help him find truffles, he insists his granddaughter doesn’t have the instincts or the calloused hands necessary for the job.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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