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necessity
Overview of noun necessity
The noun necessity has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (11) necessity -- (the condition of being essential or indispensable)
2. (7) 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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun necessity
2 senses of necessity
Sense 1
necessity
=> need, demand
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun necessity
2 senses of necessity
Sense 1
necessity
=> requisiteness
=> urgency
Sense 2
necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
=> desideratum
=> must
=> need, want
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun necessity
2 senses of necessity
Sense 1
necessity
=> need, demand
Sense 2
necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
=> thing
Antonyms of noun necessity
Member Holonyms of noun necessity
Substance Holonyms of noun necessity
Part Holonyms of noun necessity
Member Meronyms of noun necessity
Substance Meronyms of noun necessity
Part Meronyms of noun necessity
Meronyms of noun necessity
Holonyms of noun necessity
Attributes of noun necessity
1 of 2 senses of necessity
Sense 1
necessity
=> necessary (vs. unnecessary)
=> unnecessary (vs. necessary), unneeded
Derived Forms of noun necessity
2 senses of necessity
Sense 1
necessity
RELATED TO>(adj) necessary#1
=> necessary
RELATED TO>(verb) necessitate#1
=> necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Sense 2
necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
RELATED TO>(adj) necessitous#1
=> destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken
RELATED TO>(adj) necessary#1
=> necessary
RELATED TO>(verb) necessitate#1
=> necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Domain of noun necessity
Domain Terms of noun necessity
Familiarity of noun necessity
necessity used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun necessity
2 senses of necessity
Sense 1
necessity
> need, demand
=> lack, deficiency, want
=> necessity
Sense 2
necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
> thing
=> anything
=> something
=> nothing, nonentity
=> subject, content, depicted object
=> body of water, water
=> inessential, nonessential
=> necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
=> part, piece
=> reservoir, source
=> unit, building block
=> variable
Meronyms of noun necessity
2 senses of necessity
Holonyms of noun necessity
Grep of noun necessity
necessity
Grep of adv necessity
of necessity
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