necessaryOverview of noun necessaryfrom tagged texts) 1. necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary -- (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") Overview of adj necessary1. necessary -- (absolutely essential)2. necessary -- (unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary consequences of one's actions") Made possible by Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010. http://wordnet.princeton.edu |