Necessary

//ˈnɛsəsɹi//

Synonyms for "necessary" (224 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (45)

Adjective(2 words)
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Strong matches (67)

Related words (112)

How these synonyms differ

  • essential - 'Essential' frames necessity as identity, remove it and the thing stops being what it is. Breathing is essential; a deadline is necessary.
  • indispensable - 'Indispensable' means you literally cannot do without it. It implies that no substitute exists, this person or thing is irreplaceable.
  • mandatory - 'Mandatory' is the strongest form of required, backed by rules, laws, or authority. There's no room for personal judgment.
  • required - 'Required' is external and often bureaucratic, someone or some system has mandated it. Necessity can come from within; requirements come from without.

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

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derived

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derived from

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has context

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related to

52 entries

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similar

14 entries

Translations

199 translations across 91 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • nodig adj (needed, required)

Albanian

1 entries
  • duhur adj (needed, required)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀναγκαῖος adj (needed, required)

Arabic

4 entries
  • ضروري adj (needed, required)
  • ضَرُورِيّ adj (needed, required)
  • لازم adj (needed, required)
  • لازم adj (needed, required)

Armenian

2 entries
  • անհրաժեշտ adj (needed, required)
  • հարկավոր adj (needed, required)

Asturian

1 entries
  • necesariu adj (needed, required)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • gərəkli adj (needed, required)
  • lazım olan adj (needed, required)
  • lazımi adj (needed, required)
  • zəruri adj (needed, required)

Basque

1 entries
  • beharrezko adj (needed, required)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • неабхо́дны adj (needed, required)
  • патрэ́бны adj (needed, required)

Bengali

4 entries
  • খুবই গুরুত্বপূর্ণ adj (unavoidable, inevitable)
  • গুরুত্বপূর্ণ adj (unavoidable, inevitable)
  • জরুরি adj (needed, required)
  • দরকার adj (needed, required)

Breton

1 entries
  • dav adj (needed, required)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • наложителен adj (such as must be)
  • неизбежен adj (unavoidable, inevitable)
  • необходи́м adj (needed, required)
  • необходим adj (unavoidable, inevitable)

Burmese

1 entries
  • လိုအပ် adj (needed, required)

Catalan

1 entries
  • necessari adj (needed, required)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • پێویست adj (needed, required)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 必要的 adj (needed, required)

Czech

2 entries
  • nutný adj (needed, required)
  • potřebný adj (needed, required)

Danish

1 entries
  • nødvendig adj (needed, required)

Dutch

2 entries
  • nodig adj (needed, required)
  • noodzakelijk adj (needed, required)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • necesa adj (needed, required)

Estonian

2 entries
  • tarvilik adj (needed, required)
  • vajalik adj (needed, required)

Finnish

4 entries
  • tarpeellinen adj (needed, required)
  • tarvittava adj (needed, required)
  • tähdellinen adj (needed, required)
  • tärkeä adj (needed, required)

French

2 entries
  • nécessaire adj (needed, required)
  • nécessaire adj (such as must be)

Galician

2 entries
  • necesario adj (needed, required)
  • preciso adj (needed, required)

Georgian

1 entries
  • საჭირო adj (needed, required)

German

4 entries
  • erforderlich adj (needed, required)
  • geboten adj (such as must be)
  • notwendig adj (needed, required)
  • nötig adj (needed, required)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐍃 adj (needed, required)

Greek

4 entries
  • αναπόδραστος adj (such as must be)
  • αναπόφευκτος adj (such as must be)
  • απαραίτητος adj (needed, required)
  • ζωτικής σημασίας adj (needed, required)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • nesesè adj (needed, required)

Hawrami

1 entries
  • پنەۋیس adj (needed, required)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • הֶכְרֵחִי adj (needed, required)
  • נָחוּץ adj (needed, required)

Hindi

2 entries
  • आवश्यक adj (needed, required)
  • ज़रूरी adj (needed, required)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • elengedhetetlen adj (needed, required)
  • nélkülözhetetlen adj (needed, required)
  • szükséges adj (needed, required)
  • szükségszerű adj (needed, required)

Hunsrik

2 entries
  • nedich adj (needed, required)
  • nodwennich adj (needed, required)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • nauðsynlegur adj (needed, required)

Ido

1 entries
  • necesa adj (needed, required)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • penting adj (needed, required)
  • perlu adj (needed, required)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • necessari adj (needed, required)
  • necesse adj (needed, required)

Irish

4 entries
  • ag teastáil adj (needed, required)
  • de dhíth adj (needed, required)
  • is gá adj (needed, required)
  • riachtanach adj (needed, required)

Italian

2 entries
  • necessario adj (needed, required)
  • necessario adj (such as must be)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 当然の adj (such as must be)
  • 必然的な adj (such as must be)
  • 必要 adj (needed, required)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • керекті adj (needed, required)
  • қажет adj (needed, required)
  • қажетті adj (needed, required)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ចាំបាច់ adj (needed, required)

Korean

1 entries
  • 필요하다 adj (needed, required)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • зарыл adj (needed, required)
  • кажет adj (needed, required)
  • керектүү adj (needed, required)

Ladino

1 entries
  • menesterozo adj (needed, required)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຈຳເປັນ adj (needed, required)

Latin

1 entries
  • necesse adj (needed, required)

Latvian

1 entries
  • vajadzīgs adj (needed, required)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • būtinas adj (needed, required)
  • reikalingas adj (needed, required)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • notny adj (needed, required)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • néideg adj (needed, required)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • неопходен adj (needed, required)
  • нужен adj (needed, required)
  • потребен adj (needed, required)

Malay

1 entries
  • perlu adj (needed, required)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ആവശ്യം adj (needed, required)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • хэрэгтэй adj (needed, required)
  • шаардлагатай adj (needed, required)

Norman

1 entries
  • nécessaithe adj (needed, required)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • pêdivî adj (needed, required)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • nødvendig adj (needed, required)
  • påkrevd adj (needed, required)

Occitan

1 entries
  • necessari adj (needed, required)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries
  • неволꙗ adj (needed, required)

Old English

4 entries
  • behoflic adj (needed, required)
  • neodþearflic adj (needed, required)
  • niedbehefe adj (needed, required)
  • niedbehof adj (needed, required)

Pashto

3 entries
  • اړين adj (needed, required)
  • ضروري adj (needed, required)
  • لازم adj (needed, required)

Persian

4 entries
  • بایسته adj (needed, required)
  • ضروری adj (needed, required)
  • لازم adj (needed, required)
  • واجب adj (needed, required)

Polish

2 entries
  • konieczny adj (needed, required)
  • potrzebny adj (needed, required)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • necessário adj (needed, required)
  • necessário adj (such as must be)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਲੋੜੀਂਦਾ adj (needed, required)

Romanian

1 entries
  • necesar adj (needed, required)

Russian

4 entries
  • неизбежный adj (unavoidable, inevitable)
  • необходи́мый adj (needed, required)
  • неотвратимый adj (unavoidable, inevitable)
  • ну́жный adj (needed, required)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • deatamach adj (needed, required)
  • riatanach adj (needed, required)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • nužan adj (needed, required)
  • potreban adj (needed, required)
  • нужан adj (needed, required)
  • потребан adj (needed, required)

Slovak

4 entries
  • nevyhnutný adj (needed, required)
  • nevyhnutný adj (such as must be)
  • nutný adj (needed, required)
  • potrebný adj (needed, required)

Slovene

2 entries
  • nujen adj (needed, required)
  • potrebno adj (needed, required)

Spanish

4 entries
  • menester adj (needed, required)
  • necesario adj (needed, required)
  • necesario adj (such as must be)
  • preciso adj (needed, required)

Swedish

1 entries
  • nödvändig adj (needed, required)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kailangan adj (needed, required)

Tajik

4 entries
  • воҷиб adj (needed, required)
  • даркорӣ adj (needed, required)
  • зарурӣ adj (needed, required)
  • лозим adj (needed, required)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தேவையான adj (needed, required)

Telugu

2 entries
  • అవసరమైన adj (needed, required)
  • కావాల్సిన adj (needed, required)

Thai

1 entries
  • จำเป็น adj (needed, required)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • ཁ་ཚ་པོ adj (needed, required)
  • མཁོ་བ adj (needed, required)

Turkish

3 entries
  • elzem adj (needed, required)
  • gerekli adj (needed, required)
  • lazım adj (needed, required)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • zerur adj (needed, required)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • немину́чий adj (needed, required)
  • необхі́дний adj (needed, required)
  • потрі́бний adj (needed, required)

Urdu

2 entries
  • ضروری adj (needed, required)
  • لازِمی adj (needed, required)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • زۆرۈر adj (needed, required)
  • لازىم adj (needed, required)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • darkor adj (needed, required)
  • kerakli adj (needed, required)
  • lozim adj (needed, required)
  • zarur adj (needed, required)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cần adj (needed, required)
  • cần thiết adj (needed, required)

Volapük

1 entries
  • zesüdik adj (needed, required)

Welsh

1 entries
  • angenrheidiol adj (needed, required)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • נייטיק adj (needed, required)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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You have bought more postage stamps than are necessary.

Source: tatoeba (9589)

It is necessary for you to see a doctor at once.

Source: tatoeba (15889)

It is necessary for you to start now.

Source: tatoeba (16139)

It is necessary that you start at once.

Source: tatoeba (16149)

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