NECESSARY

necessary

(adjective) unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; “the necessary consequences of one’s actions”

necessary

(adjective) absolutely essential

necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Necessary (plural Necessarys)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Necessary is the 24554^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1018 individuals. Necessary is most common among White (96.95%) individuals.

Etymology

Adjective

necessary (comparative more necessary, superlative most necessary)

Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.

Synonym: Thesaurus:requisite

Antonym: unnecessary

Unavoidable, inevitable.

Synonyms: inevitable, natural

Antonyms: evitable, incidental, impossible

(obsolete) Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.

Noun

necessary (plural necessaries)

(UK, archaic euphemism, usually with the definite article) A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.

Synonyms

• See bathroom

Source: Wiktionary

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Nec"es*sa*ry, a. Etym: [L. necessarius, from necesse unavoidable, necessary; of uncertain origin: cf. F. nécessaire.]

1. Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable. Death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come. Shak.

2. Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requiste; essential. "'T is necessary he should die." Shak. A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds. Tillotson.

3. Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.

Nec"es*sa*ry, n.; pl. Necessaries (.

1. A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the necessaries of life.

2. A privy; a water-closet.

3. pl. (Law)

Definition: Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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