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adj. necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful"

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

compulsory, mandatory, required

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

essential

adj. basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"

imperative

adj. relating to verbs in the imperative mood

invaluable, priceless

adj. having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth

all-important(a), all important(p), crucial, essential, of the essence(p)

adj. of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"

necessary

adj. absolutely essential

needed, needful, required, requisite

adj. necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful"

imperative

adj. relating to verbs in the imperative mood

ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidable

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

certain(p), sure

adj. having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends"

essential, indispensable

adj. absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker"

obligatory

adj. required by obligation or compulsion or convention; "he made all the obligatory apologies"

bounden

adj. morally obligatory; "my bounden duty"

de rigueur

adj. required by etiquette or usage or fashion; "instruction as to when and where a silk hat is de rigueur"

incumbent on(p)

adj. morally binding or necessary; "it is incumbent on me to attend"

prerequisite

adj. required as a prior condition or course of study

optional

adj. possible but not necessary; left to personal choice

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