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Noun
▲
Something which is required for a given purpose
essential
requisite
need
requirement
fundamental
necessary
prerequisite
must
basic
condition
essentiality
exigency
essence
imperative
indispensable
needful
precondition
stipulation
vital
want
demand
essential requirement
must-have
lifeblood
vital part
indispensable item
indispensable thing
sine qua non
essential item
necessary item
life or death
part and parcel
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“An active lifestyle is a necessity for healthy living.”
Noun
▲
The state or fact of being required
indispensability
need
needfulness
essentiality
imperative
requirement
urgency
demand
use
wish
occasion
cause
deficiency
urge
hunger
longing
yearning
fervourUK
desire
requisite
call
desideratum
fancy
scarceness
dearth
focus
covetousness
ambition
exigence
lust
more ❯
“The necessity of having devoted teachers cannot be understated.”
Noun
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The state of being unavoidable
inevitability
certainty
ineluctability
inexorability
unavoidability
inescapability
inexorableness
inevitableness
sureness
unavoidableness
shoo-in
requirement
obligation
fact
cert
reality
surety
predictable result
certain winner
foregone conclusion
consequence
racing certainty
surefire
sure thing
matter of course
dead cert
sure-fire winner
inevitable result
sure bet
open and shut case
more ❯
“However, no systematic rules for the necessity of a certain sequence have been recognized.”
Noun
▲
A situation enforcing a certain course of action
urgency
crisis
exigency
emergency
desperation
imperativeness
force of circumstance
pressure of circumstance
force majeure
need
extremity
pressure
demand
requirement
difficulty
want
stress
juncture
predicament
plight
jam
crossroads
crunch
head
fix
clutch
conjuncture
tinderbox
pickle
Dunkirk
more ❯
“He had to work harder than ever, more out of necessity than by choice.”
Noun
▲
An obligation or duty to do something or to pursue a certain course of action
obligation
call
duty
responsibility
commitment
compulsion
pressure
coercion
conscience
“Mr. Cotton cannot understand that there was any necessity on your part to visit this unfriendly village.”
Noun
▲
The state or quality of being poor or destitute
poverty
destitution
indigence
neediness
penury
want
impoverishment
need
privation
beggary
destituteness
pauperism
penuriousness
scarcity
deprivation
extremity
impecuniosity
impecuniousness
pauperdom
poorness
bankruptcy
insolvency
pennilessness
hand-to-mouth existence
hardship
distress
lack
debt
meagerness
deficiency
more ❯
“It was a tough period where we were reduced to begging through necessity.”
Noun
▲
(used with for) A reason for a particular feeling or emotion
cause
reason
basis
call
pretext
stimulus
need
grounds
justification
occasion
provocation
consideration
ground
excuse
right
claim
pretenceUK
pretenseUS
pretension
motive
inducement
rationale
antecedent
incentive
requirement
causality
causation
foundation
warrant
purpose
more ❯
Noun
▲
An irresistible urge to behave in a certain way
compulsion
need
urge
drive
obsession
desire
impulse
longing
motivation
addiction
fixation
jones
preoccupation
pull
temptation
wish
demand
yearning
craving
fancy
hankering
hope
ambition
aspiration
objective
dream
requirement
intent
goal
purpose
more ❯
Noun
▲
Quality or state of being compulsory
compulsoriness
obligatoriness
requiredness
requisiteness
bindingness
essentiality
imperativeness
inescapability
unavoidability
Noun
▲
The condition of being incompetent
incompetency
incapacity
inability
incompetence
inadequacy
powerlessness
incapability
impotence
ineptitude
insufficiency
ineffectiveness
unfitness
inefficiency
ineptness
weakness
inefficacy
frailty
lack
ineffectualness
disqualification
incapacitation
inaptitude
failure
inutility
shortcoming
uselessness
helplessness
hopelessness
limitation
disability
more ❯
Noun
▲
The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by a God or by fate
predestination
destiny
fate
predetermination
doom
election
foreordainment
foreordination
fortune
inevitability
karma
kismet
lot
ordinance
portion
preordainment
preordination
divine decree
God's will
course of events
what is written
way the ball bounces
way the cookie crumbles
circumstance
stars
providence
chance
luck
fortuity
serendipity
more ❯
Noun
▲
Reliance on someone or something for financial support
dependence
confidence
hope
reliance
trust
assurance
belief
credence
expectance
faith
leaning on
need
need for
reliance on
requirement
want
belief in
clinging to
confidence in
faith in
seeking support from
trust in
certainty
stock
conviction
store
certitude
acceptance
sureness
credit
more ❯
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