Definition of Necessary

1. Noun. Anything indispensable. "A place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

Exact synonyms: Essential, Necessity, Requirement, Requisite
Generic synonyms: Thing
Specialized synonyms: Desideratum, Must, Need, Want
Derivative terms: Essential, Necessitate, Necessitous, Require, Requisite
Antonyms: Inessential

2. Adjective. Absolutely essential.

3. Adjective. Unavoidably determined by prior circumstances. "The necessary consequences of one's actions"
Similar to: Inevitable

Definition of Necessary

1. a. Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.

2. n. A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the necessaries of life.

Definition of Necessary

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Medical Definition of Necessary

1. 1. Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable. "Death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come." (Shak) 2. Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requiste; essential. "'T is necessary he should die." "A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds." (Tillotson) 3. Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed. Origin: L. Necessarius, from necesse unavoidable, necessary; of uncertain origin: cf. F. Necessaire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Necessary

nebulosity
nebulous
nebulous
nebulously
nebulousness
nebulousnesses
nebulous urine
nebuly
NEC
necator
necatoriasis
necator americanus
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necessarily
necessary (current term)
necessary (current term)
necessary cause
necessitarian
necessitarians
necessitate
necessitated
necessitates
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necessitations
necessities
necessitous
necessitously
necessitousness
necessity

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