Necessity

What do we mean by necessity?

The condition or quality of being necessary. noun

Something necessary. noun

Something dictated by invariable physical laws. noun

The force exerted by circumstance. noun

The state or fact of being in need. noun

Pressing or urgent need, especially that arising from poverty. noun

(of necessity) As an inevitable consequence; necessarily. idiom

The condition or quality of being necessary or needful; the mode of being or of truth of that which is necessary; the impossibility of the contrary; the absolute character of a determination or limitation which is not merely without exception, but which would be so in any possible state of things; absolute constraint. noun

As applied to the human will, the opposite of liberty. noun

In philosophy, the inevitable determination of the human will by a motive or other cause. This is only a special use of the word in the free-will dispute. In philosophy generally, by the necessity of a cognition is properly meant a cognized necessity, or universality in reference to possible states of things; although some writers use the word to denote a constraint upon the power of thought. noun

A condition requisite for the attainment of any purpose; also, a necessary of life, without which life, or at least the life appropriate to one's station, would be impossible. noun

Want of the means of living; lack of the means to live as becomes one's station or is one's habit. noun

Extreme need, in general. noun

Business; something needful to be done. noun

Bad illicit spirit. noun

Synonyms Necessity, Need. Necessity is more urgent than need: a merchant may have need of more money in order to the most successful managing of his business; he may have a necessity for more cash in hand to avoid going into bankruptcy. noun

The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness. noun

The condition of being needy or necessitous; pressing need; indigence; want. noun

The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.

The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack

Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable.

Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power

The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.

Greater utilitarian good; used in justification of a criminal act.

(in the plural) Indispensable requirements (of life).

Words that are spelled similarly to necessity:
necessity, necessary, unnecessity, necessitas.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word necessity:
doctrine, maintaining, logic, moral, possibility, necessary.

Words that rhyme with necessity:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe necessity:
absolute, economic, urgent, military, logical, political, practical, vital, natural, dire, moral, historical, imperative, sheer, prime, physical, immediate, extreme, inner, real, medical, stern, inevitable, indispensable, financial, obvious, basic, biological, very, hard, imperious, painful, unavoidable, mere, apparent, psychological, fundamental, objective, causal, consequent, metaphysical, universal, sad, paramount, inherent, disagreeable, strict, fatal, strategic, mechanical, constant, less, functional, divine, rational, evident, cruel, blind, daily, unfortunate, supreme, grim, eternal, virtual, inexorable, structural, unpleasant, philosophical, temporary.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective necessity:
and.

Words that sound like necessity:
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