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necessary
necessary
SEE DEFINITION OF
necessary
WORDS RELATED TO
NECESSARY
underlying
adjective
fundamental, latent
basal
basic
bottom
bottom-line
cardinal
concealed
critical
crucial
elemental
elementary
essential
hidden
indispensable
intrinsic
lurking
necessary
needful
nitty-gritty
nub
primary
prime
primitive
radical
root
substratal
veiled
vital
urgent
adjective
needing immediate attention
burning
called-for
capital
chief
clamant
clamorous
compelling
critical
crucial
crying
demanded
demanding
driving
essential
exigent
foremost
heavy
hurry-up
immediate
impelling
imperative
important
importunate
indispensable
insistent
instant
leading
life and death
momentous
necessary
paramount
persuasive
pressing
primary
principal
required
salient
serious
top-priority
touch and go
touchy
vital
wanted
weighty
vital
adjective
essential
basic
bottom-line
cardinal
coal-and-ice
constitutive
critical
crucial
decisive
fundamental
heavy
imperative
important
indispensable
integral
key
life-or-death
meaningful
meat-and-potatoes
name
name-of-the-game
necessary
needed
nitty-gritty
prerequisite
required
requisite
significant
underlined
urgent
wanted
adjective
desired
asked for
necessary
needed
requested
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conjunction, adverb
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