necessity
nounHow many syllables in necessity?
There are 4 syllables in the word necessity.How to pronounce necessity:
Definition of necessity:
- necessity (noun):
- the quality or state of being necessary
- the condition of being essential or indispensable.
- a set of circumstances that inevitably requires a certain result
Synonyms for necessity:
condition
demand
essential
exigency
indispensability
must
must-have
necessary
need
needful
needfulness
requirement
requisite
requisiteness
unnecessary
unneeded
urgency
Antonyms for necessity:
amenity
comfort
delight
exorbitance
extra
extravagance
frill
gratification
hedonism
indulgence
inessential
lavishness
leisure
luxury
non-essential
nonessential
nonnecessity
option
opulence
perk
superfluity
treat
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- ilio-psoas
- cuyahoga
- mademoiselle
- mechanism
- Yosemite
- effaceable
- Karnataka
- supposition
- underrated
- situations
- discerningly
- self-explaining
- rancorously
- incognito
- execrable
- calliope
- influencer
- parliament
- continuous
- organizer
- ignominy
- congregation
- palatitis
- untouchable
- theatrically
- assignable
- ratatouille
- dependably
- deceivable
- pitilessly
- everytime
- applaudable
- Aikaterine
- ever-changing
- calligraphy
- preparation
- nostalgia
- pedagogy
- delicately
- hellacious
- unsufficient
- incoercible
- debatable
- variegated
- beforehand
- disestablish
- demolition
- tantalizing
- inopportune
- stationery
- … more
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