Necessity Synonyms

38 necessity synonyms include essential requirement, prerequisite, indispensable thing/item, essential, requisite, necessary, and desideratum. Necessity is a noun, and its antonyms are luxury and optional. Here are some additional synonyms for "necessity" with example sentences.

Another word for Necessity

38 other ways to say necessity.

1. essential requirement

2. inevitability

  • unavoidability  
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  • inexorability  
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  • inevitability  
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  • inescapability  
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  • ineluctability  
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  • certainty  
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3. need

  • urgency  
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  • obligation
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  • need
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  • force majeure  
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  • force/pressure of circumstance  
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  • exigency  
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  • emergency  
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  • crisis
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  • call  
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4. essential requirement

Use necessity in a Sentence

Education is a necessity for success.

Freedom of expression is an absolute necessity.

In emergencies, communication becomes a necessity.

They say great ideas are often born out of necessity, and his invention was no exception.

Water is a necessity for survival.