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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
Sable continues to contend it has followed all necessary protocols and met all legal requirements.
If it is to work, hard negotiation will be necessary.
"It agreed that seven of the breaches were serious and that revocation of his licence was necessary to protect athletes," said UKA.
Historical memory, she suggests, has never been more necessary.
In contrast, less than 7% of pupils surveyed thought stricter controls were necessary.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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