Necessity Synonyms

Essential , basic, certainty, call, basic, and essential requirement are synonyms for necessity; luxury and optional are antonyms of necessity. On this page, you will find 39 another word for necessity.

39 Another Word for Necessity

1. essential requirement

  • Basic
  • Desideratum
  • Essential requirement
  • Essential
  • Fundamental
  • Indispensability
  • Indispensable thing/item
  • Necessary
  • Need
  • Prerequisite
  • Requisite
  • Sine qua non
  • Needfulness

2. inevitability

  • Certainty
  • Inescapability
  • Inevitability
  • Inexorability
  • Unavoidability
  • Ineluctability

3. need

  • Call
  • Crisis
  • Emergency
  • Exigency
  • Force/pressure of circumstance
  • Need
  • Obligation
  • Urgency
  • Force majeure

4. essential requirement

  • Basic
  • Essential requirement
  • Essential
  • Fundamental
  • Indispensable thing/item
  • Necessary
  • Prerequisite
  • Requisite
  • Sine qua non
  • Desideratum

Necessity Sentences

Water is a necessity for survival.

Education is a necessity for success.

In emergencies, communication becomes a necessity.

Food and shelter are basic necessities.