necessity

The word “necessity” has 4 syllables: ne-ces-si-ty

It's pronounced as /nəˈsɛsɪti/

What is synonym and antonym for necessity?

In the thesaurus, “necessity” has 72 synonyms and 21 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for necessity along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for necessity

advantage
austerity
bankruptcy
beggary
belt-tightening
call
cause
claim
compulsion
condition
demand
deprivation
desideration
desideratum
destituteness
destitution
duress
edge
emergency
essence
essential
exaction
exigency
fundamental
godsend
gutter
impecuniosity
impecuniousness
imperative
impoverishment
indigence
indispensability
inevitability
inexorableness
insolvency
life or death
misery
must
must-have
necessary
need
needful
needfulness
neediness
no alternative
no choice
obligation
pauperism
penuriousness
penury
pinch
pinching
plus
poorness
poverty
precondition
prerequisite
privation
rainy day
requirement
requisite
sine qua non
straitening
stress
undeniability
urgency
vital part
vitals
want
wish
woe
wretchedness

Antonyms for necessity

affluence
amenity
auxiliary
comfort
desire
extra
extravagance
frill
indulgence
luxury
nonessential
nonnecessity
opulence
prosperity
richness
superfluity
surplus
surplusage
trivia
wealth
wealthiness

Meanings of necessity

noun
1. The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
2. The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack.
3. Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable.
4. Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power.
5. The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.
6. Greater utilitarian good; used in justification of a criminal act.
7. (in the plural) Indispensable requirements (of life).

Example Sentences

Clean water is a basic necessity for all living organisms.
In times of crisis, cooperation among nations becomes a necessity for global stability.
The invention of the wheel was born out of the necessity to transport goods more efficiently.
Education is often viewed as a fundamental necessity for personal and societal development.
Adequate sleep is a physiological necessity for maintaining good health and cognitive function.

On this page you'll find 93 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to necessity, such as: advantage, affluence, amenity, austerity, auxiliary, bankruptcy, beggary.

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