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Grep of noun necessary necessary Overview of noun necessary The noun necessary has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary -- (anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained") Overview of adj necessary The adj necessary has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (84) necessary -- (absolutely essential) 2. (1) necessary -- (unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary consequences of one's actions") Antonyms of adj necessary 2 senses of necessary Sense 1 necessary (vs. unnecessary) unnecessary (vs. necessary), unneeded => excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus => gratuitous, needless, uncalled-for => inessential => reserve(postnominal), spare Sense 2 necessary INDIRECT (VIA inevitable) -> evitable, avoidable, avertible, avertable Similarity of adj necessary 2 senses of necessary Sense 1 necessary (vs. unnecessary) => essential, indispensable => needed, needful, required, requisite => obligatory Also See-> essential#2; indispensable#1; obligatory#1 Sense 2 necessary => inevitable (vs. evitable) Attributes of adj necessary 1 of 2 senses of necessary Sense 1 necessary (vs. unnecessary) => necessity Familiarity of adj necessary necessary used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj necessary necessary unnecessary Overview of noun necessary The noun necessary has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary -- (anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained") Overview of adj necessary The adj necessary has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (84) necessary -- (absolutely essential) 2. (1) necessary -- (unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary consequences of one's actions")
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