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necessary

adj. absolutely essential

necessary

adj. unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary consequences of one's actions"

Fuzzynyms (17)

compulsory, mandatory, required

adj. required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"

prerequisite

adj. required as a prior condition or course of study

built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral

adj. existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth"

cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal

adj. serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

component, constituent

adj. constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)

imperative

adj. relating to verbs in the imperative mood

Synonyms (3)

ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidable

adj. impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"

Antonyms (7)

unnecessary, unneeded

adj. not necessary

optional

adj. possible but not necessary; left to personal choice

gratuitous, needless, uncalled-for

adj. unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"

inessential

adj. not absolutely necessary

deterioration > triumphal > deadening > capricious > in the mind > wriggle > canty > necessary

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