Synonyms of necessitous

necessitous

adjective

ni-ˈse-sə-təs 

1

as in necessary

impossible to do without

all the dreaded, necessitous decisions that one must make when arranging the funeral of a loved one

Synonyms & Similar Words

• necessary
• essential
• needful
• required
• needed
• integral
• vital
• imperative
• critical
• crucial
• important
• must-have
• requisite
• indispensable
• all-important
• compulsory
• basic
• mandatory
• of the essence
• urgent
• prerequisite
• fundamental
• momentous
• major
• meaningful
• key
• substantial
• persistent
• obligatory
• consequential
• significant
• organic
• insistent
• central
• nonelective
• pressing
• weighty
• material

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unnecessary
• needless
• unwanted
• nonessential
• undesired
• unimportant
• dispensable
• insignificant
• unneeded
• unessential
• inessential
• extra
• superfluous
• external
• excess
• inconsequential
• extraneous
• surplus

2

as in impoverished

lacking money or material possessions

amidst the holiday feasting, merrymaking and spending, it was easy to overlook the necessitous members of the community

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impoverished
• poor
• impecunious
• needy
• needful
• broke
• destitute
• beggared
• indigent
• penurious
• famished
• penniless
• deprived
• bankrupt
• beggarly
• dirt-poor
• pauperized
• down-and-out
• hard up
• poverty-stricken
• out of pocket
• depressed
• threadbare
• disadvantaged
• out at elbows
• skint
• underprivileged
• bankrupted
• dispossessed
• distressed
• unaffluent
• down on one's luck
• ruined
• insolvent
• reduced
• straitened
• short
• poorish
• hand-to-mouth
• pinched
• hardscrabble
• bust
• cash-strapped
• low
• possessionless
• tapped out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wealthy
• rich
• affluent
• well-to-do
• opulent
• moneyed
• fat
• flush
• comfortable
• prosperous
• well-off
• well-heeled
• fat-cat
• silk-stocking
• deep-pocketed

3

as in urgent

needing immediate attention

firmly of the belief that no matter is so necessitous that it cannot be put off until tomorrow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• urgent
• acute
• compelling
• dire
• importunate
• emergent
• desperate
• critical
• pressing
• intense
• exigent
• imperative
• crying
• imperious
• instant
• serious
• clamant
• immediate
• crucial
• insistent
• extreme
• burning
• dangerous
• hazardous
• overriding
• precarious
• perilous
• demanding
• severe
• life-and-death
• vital
• unstable
• grave
• explosive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unimportant
• minor
• trivial
• incidental
• negligible
• noncritical
• stable
• nonurgent
• low-pressure
• safe
• nonthreatening

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of necessitous

Exclusive dedication to necessitous employment without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders John a bland young male. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021