necessary
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
anything indispensable
food and shelter are necessities of life
Types & categories
- thing hypernym
- desideratum hyponym
- must hyponym
- need hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
absolutely essential
Related & opposite
- obligatory also see
- essential also see
- indispensable also see
- unnecessary antonym
- necessity attribute
- essential derivation
- necessity derivation
- essential similar to
- incumbent similar to
- requisite similar to
- obligatory similar to
Sense 3 adjective
unavoidably determined by prior circumstances
the necessary consequences of one's actions
Related & opposite
- inevitable similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | inessential |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | necessary |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | essential |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | requisite |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | needy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | thing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | desideratum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | must |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | need |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | obligatory |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | essential |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | indispensable |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | unnecessary |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | necessity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | essential |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | necessity |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | essential |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | incumbent |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | requisite |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | obligatory |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | inevitable |