necessity (n)
essential (n)
requirement (n)
requisite (n)
necessary (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 17
def anything indispensable
examples 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
Outgoing links
Hypernym thing
Derivationally related form requisite → requisite
Derivationally related form requirement → require
Derivationally related form essential → essential
Antonym essential → inessential
Derivationally related form necessity → necessitous
Derivationally related form necessity → necessary; necessity → necessitate
Hyponym desideratum; must; need, want
Incoming links
Derivationally related form necessary → necessity; necessitate → necessity
Derivationally related form essential → essential
Derivationally related form requisite → requisite
Derivationally related form necessitous → necessity
Hyponym thing
Hypernym desideratum; must; need, want
Antonym inessential → essential
Derivationally related form require → requirement

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