necessity

Nouns

  • (n) the condition of being essential or indispensable
  • (n) anything indispensable
    • food and shelter are necessities of life
    • the essentials of the good life
    • allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions
    • a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained
    essential, necessary, requisite, requirement,

Synonyms

essential necessary requisite requirement

Antonyms

inessential nonessential

Words of close approximity