Synonyms & related words for necessaries

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of necessaries — including essential, requisite, necessity, indispensable, requirement, prerequisite. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to necessaries

Explore words related to necessaries — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include necessariness, requisiteness, necessitousness, superessential, needfulness, needful, indispensably, nonnecessity. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for necessaries

Common synonyms for necessaries include essential, requisite, necessity, indispensable, requirement, prerequisite, desideratum — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does necessaries come from?

The word necessaries breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and English origin: necess, from Latin necesse (“unavoidable, needful”); -ari, from Latin arius (“pertaining to”); and -es, from English s (“plural”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.