necessity
/nɪˈsɛsəti/noun4 syllables
Necessity means: anything indispensable.
Synonyms for necessity8
noun, as in anything indispensable
What does necessity mean?2
noun
1
anything indispensable“food and shelter are necessities of life”
2
the condition of being essential or indispensable
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Necessity in a sentence
- Reading isn't a hobby for me, but a necessity.araneo
- For her, travelling was merely a necessity rather than an end in itself.sundown
- Frontier justice is a rough, arbitrary justice driven by necessity rather than legal procedure.Myrano_
- Talking is a necessity, listening is an art.Adelpa
- Art is not a luxury, but a necessity.CM
- Inventions are born, so to speak, of necessity.unknown
- She was in dire straits, but made a virtue out of necessity.qdii
- He has no daily necessities, much less luxuries.CM
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Forms of necessity
as a noun
- plural
- necessities