more necessary

ADJECTIVE

essential

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basic crucial decisive fundamental imperative indispensable mandatory needed paramount required significant unavoidable urgent vital

STRONG

binding cardinal chief expedient prerequisite pressing prime principal requisite

WEAK

all-important bottom-line compelling compulsory de rigueur elementary exigent incumbent on momentous name of game needful obligatory quintessential specified wanted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

additional extra inessential minor nonessential optional secondary trivial unimportant unnecessary voluntary

STRONG

insignificant

WEAK

contingent needless useless

ADJECTIVE

inevitable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

certain imminent unavoidable

WEAK

assured fated ineluctable ineludible inerrant inescapable inevasible inexorable infallible returnless undeniable unescapable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

doubtful

WEAK

contingent inessential needless optional unimportant unnecessary useless voluntary

Example Sentences

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It is more necessary now than ever before.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

That it does, though, makes calling these things out and correcting them more necessary, not less.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

“The Fed is not on a preset path, data dependency is now more necessary than before, especially as Fed officials attempt to calibrate between conflicting goals,” he wrote.

From Barron's • Oct. 8, 2025

The more money he made for himself and his company—meaning, the more necessary coverage UnitedHealthcare denied—the more people got sick, and died.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2024

Harriet Monroe wrote, “The work of each man became constantly more necessary to the other.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson