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1 compulsory, de rigueur, essential, imperative, indispensable, mandatory, needed, needful, obligatory, required, requisite, vital
2 certain, fated, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, unavoidable
Antonyms
1 dispensable, expendable, inessential, nonessential, superfluous, unnecessary
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus 
necessary
1 adj Something that is necessary is needed in order for something else to happen.
oft it v-link ADJ to-inf (Antonym: unnecessary)
I kept the engine running because it might be necessary to leave fast…, We will do whatever is necessary to stop them…, Is that really necessary?…, Make the necessary arrangements.
2 adj A necessary consequence or connection must happen or exist, because of the nature of the things or events involved.
ADJ n
Wastage was no doubt a necessary consequence of war…, Scientific work is differentiated from art by its necessary connection with the idea of progress.
3 If you say that something will happen if necessary, when necessary, or where necessary, you mean that it will happen if it is necessary, when it is necessary, or where it is necessary.
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if necessary/when necessary/where necessary phrase PHR with cl
If necessary, the airship can stay up there for days to keep out of danger…, The army needs men who are willing to fight, when necessary…, All the rigging had been examined, and renewed where necessary.
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Синонимы к слову necessary
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- basic
- compulsory
- crucial
- de rigueur
- essential
- indispensable
- needed
- obligatory
- required
- vital
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- Лексическое значение propounds
- Словарь значения слов bank account
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- Значение слова support financially
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- de rigueur
- elementary
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- must-have
- name of game
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- fated
- ineluctable
- ineludible
- inerrant
- inescapable
- inevasible
- inexorable
- infallible
- returnless
- undeniable
- unescapable
On this page you’ll find 127 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to necessary, such as: basic, crucial, decisive, essential, fundamental, and imperative.
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- inessential
- needless
- optional
- unimportant
- unnecessary
- useless
- voluntary
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WORDS RELATED TO NECESSARY
- assured
- certain
- inescapable
- inevitable
- necessary
- routine
- unavoidable
- beginning
- easy
- elementary
- fundamental
- initial
- lowest
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- basal
- capital
- central
- chief
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- inherent
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- high-priority
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- on thin ice
- pivotal
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- searching
- showdown
- touch and go
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- urgent
- vital
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