Necessity synonyms such as essential, basic, certainty, call, basic, and essential requirement. Necessity is a noun, and its antonyms are luxury and optional. Additionally, here are 39 synonyms and nearby words for necessity as well as words beginning with N, Ne, Nec, Nece, and Neces.
39 synonyms for necessity
1. essential requirement
desideratum
essential requirement
indispensability
indispensable thing/item
needfulness
requisite
sine qua non
2. inevitability
certainty
ineluctability
inescapability
inevitability
inexorability
unavoidability
3. need
call
emergency
exigency
force majeure
force/pressure of circumstance
urgency
4. essential requirement
desideratum
essential requirement
indispensable thing/item
requisite
sine qua non