Synonyms for requirement
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Noun
1. Requisite — A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation…
requisite, prerequisite, necessity, essential, necessary, qualification, need, rule, must, stipulation, order, proviso, want, condition
Other
demand, specification, request, requisition, call, compulsoriness, mandatoriness
Definitions
- n. 1
A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.
Near-synonyms: necessity, prerequisite, requisite, condition, rule
Related words
- Phrases
- special service requirement
Forms
- Plural
- requirements → requisites, prerequisites, necessities, essentials…
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Prohibition is wholly negative; it is a command not to do; injunction is now oftenest so used, especially as the requirement by legal authority that certain action be suspended or refrained from, pending final legal decision.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- essential Selfishness is an essential part of his character.
- necessity He said that necessity is the mother of invention.
- requisite I won't be able to go travelling until the requisite visa fees are paid.
- prerequisite Citizenship is a prerequisite for voting.
- demand Demand the exclusion of the country from the U. N.
- request We are sorry we are unable to accept your request.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| requirement | steady | |
| essential | steady | |
| necessity | falling | |
| requisite | falling | |
| prerequisite | falling | |
| demand | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- need1, want1, must1, call1, rule1
- 5 letters
- order2
- 6 letters
- demand2
- 7 letters
- request2, proviso3
- 9 letters
- necessary4, condition3, essential3, necessity4, requisite3
- 11 letters
- stipulation4, requisition4
- 12 letters
- prerequisite4
- 13 letters
- qualification5, specification5, mandatoriness
- 14 letters
- compulsoriness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order2 = 2 syllables).