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Antonyms for necessaries
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nes-uh-ser-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɛs əˌsɛr i |
Definition of necessaries
Origin :- late 14c. "needed, required, essential, indispensable," from Old French necessaire "necessary, urgent, compelling" (13c.), and directly from Latin necessarius "unavoidable, indispensable, necessary," from necesse "unavoidable, indispensable," originally "no backing away," from ne- "not" + cedere "to withdraw, go away, yield" (see cede). The root sense is of that from which there is no evasion, that which is inevitable. Necessary house "privy" is from c.1600. Necessary evil is from 1540s (the original reference was to "woman").
- As in must : noun necessity, essential
- As in necessity : noun need, essentiality
- Our country abounds in the necessaries, the arts, and the comforts of life.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Who fetches you your silks, and your linens, and your wines, and all the other necessaries of life?
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding
- The produce of the farm is amply sufficient to provide them with all necessaries.
- Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
- He left me only to go in quest of the necessaries for our journey.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- Victuals and other necessaries of life had long since been running low.
- Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini
- And how long do you expect your body to be equal to providing the necessaries of life for hire?
- Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
- It must have been sheer withholding the necessaries of life.
- Extract from : « The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences » by Hosea Quinby
- Powder and other necessaries he obtained from frontier trading-stations.
- Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby
- The worst is, they are most of them not necessaries but luxuries.
- Extract from : « Views and Reviews » by William Ernest Henley
- And thus much of the Husbandmans house, and the necessaries there to belonging.
- Extract from : « The English Husbandman » by Gervase Markham
Synonyms for necessaries
- call
- cause
- charge
- claim
- commitment
- committal
- compulsion
- condition
- demand
- desideratum
- devoir
- duress
- duty
- essence
- essential
- exaction
- exigency
- fundamental
- godsend
- imperative
- indispensability
- inevitability
- inexorableness
- life or death
- must
- necessary
- need
- needfulness
- no alternative
- no choice
- obligation
- ought
- pinch
- precondition
- prerequisite
- privation
- requirement
- requisite
- right
- sine qua non
- stress
- undeniability
- urgency
- vital part
- vitals
- want
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