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necessary
adjective as in essential
Strongest matches
basic, crucial, decisive, essential, fundamental, imperative, indispensable, mandatory, needed, paramount, required, significant, unavoidable, urgent, vital
Strong matches
binding, cardinal, chief, expedient, prerequisite, pressing, prime, principal, requisite
Weak matches
all-important, bottom-line, compelling, compulsory, de rigueur, elementary, exigent, incumbent on, momentous, must-have, name of game, needful, obligatory, quintessential, specified, wanted
adjective as in inevitable
Strongest matches
Weak matches
assured, fated, ineluctable, ineludible, inerrant, inescapable, inevasible, inexorable, infallible, returnless, undeniable, unescapable
Example Sentences
She urged the government to "show that the price cap is a priority by including the necessary legislation in the King's Speech".
The index committee makes other changes when necessary, such as when a component is acquired by another component.
Britain has been “unwilling to show the necessary toughness” to return those with no right to be in the country, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said.
"All inappropriate and illegal content is removed, and where necessary we take measures against users, including blocking them definitively from our site," it was cited as saying by the AFP news agency.
For now, the company uses Model Y SUVs overseen by a safety monitor who is capable of intervening if necessary.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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