Antonyms for necessities
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nuh-ses-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : nəˈsɛs ɪ ti |
Definition of necessities
Origin :- late 14c., "constraining power of circumstances," from Old French necessité "need, necessity; privation, poverty; distress, torment; obligation, duty" (12c.), from Latin necessitatem (nominative necessitas) "compulsion, need for attention, unavoidableness, destiny," from necesse (see necessary). Meaning "condition of being in need" in English is from late 15c.
- Necessity is the Mother of Invention. [Richard Franck, c.1624-1708, English author and angler, "Northern Memoirs," 1658]
- To maken vertu of necessite is in Chaucer. Related: Necessities.
- noun need, essentiality
- You will never find us taking advantage of the necessities of the public.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
- It came from the furnace of the Revolution, tempered to the necessities of the times.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- It was not difficult to find a lawyer suited to the necessities of the undertaking.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Remember the interpositions of God to supply the necessities of the destitute.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
- Comforts, even most desirable comforts, are not necessities.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- Her own wants, her own necessities, had no place in her thoughts.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- The necessities, the emergencies of the times and of the hour did it.
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
- What our ancestors considered as luxuries we now regard as necessities.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- I leave the rest to God, whom I have ever found propitious to me in my necessities.
- Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
- Now the first and greatest of necessities is food, which is the condition of life and existence.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
Synonyms for necessities
- call
- cause
- claim
- compulsion
- demand
- desideratum
- duress
- essence
- essential
- exaction
- exigency
- fundamental
- godsend
- imperative
- indispensability
- inevitability
- inexorableness
- life or death
- must
- necessary
- needfulness
- no alternative
- no choice
- obligation
- pinch
- precondition
- prerequisite
- privation
- requirement
- requisite
- sine qua non
- stress
- undeniability
- urgency
- vital part
- vitals
- want
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