necessity
- noun (n)
Meaning: need, essentiality
Synonyms:
call
cause
claim
compulsion
demand
desideratum
duress
essence
essential
exaction
exigency
fundamental
godsend
imperative
indispensability
inevitability
inexorableness
life or death
must
necessary
needfulness
no alternative
no choice
obligation
pinch
precondition
prerequisite
privation
requirement
requisite
sine qua non
stress
undeniability
urgency
vital part
vitals
want
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