What are the opposite words for necessary?
Necessary is a word used to describe something that is required or essential. Its antonyms are words that describe the opposite, something unnecessary or optional. A few antonyms for necessary include dispensable, nonessential, superfluous, and unimportant. When something is dispensable, it means it can be done without. Nonessential means that something is not needed to accomplish a goal or task. Superfluous refers to something that is extra or excessive. Unimportant means that something has no significance or value. It's important to understand the opposite meanings of necessary so that we can communicate more effectively in writing and speech.
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- additional
- extraneous
- unrelated
- inferior
- substitute
- free
- unimportant
- subordinate
- side
- superfluous
- residual
- auxiliary
- avoidable
- essential
- expendable
- extrinsic
- minor
- needless
- over
- overmuch
- petty
- pointless
- secondary
- spare
- subsidiary
- supplementary
- surplus
- unnecessary
- unneeded
- ancillary
- collateral
- excessive
- extra
- gratuitous
- in addition
- incidental
- inessential
- inevitable
- irrelevant
- leftover
- nonessential
- redundant
- trivial
- unused
- ridiculous, senseless
- all
- alternate
- extra, supplementary
- extra; supplementary
- indirect, secondary
- not necessary; able to be thrown away
- dispensable
- too much; overdone
- not important
- accessory; excess
- unneeded; irrevelant
- not busy; unoccupied
- not necessary
- related; minor
- less in rank, importance
- insignificant, small
- unnecessary, groundless
- not needed or important
- trivial, insignificant
- excessive; repetitious
- subordinate; less important
- minor; flanking
- extra, reserve
- lesser, supplementary
- secondary, helpful
- extra, unnecessary
- of no real worth, value
- not required
- independent; different
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- additional
- extraneous
-
unrelated
- mismatched,
- not kin,
- unassociated,
- dis similar,
- dis-similar,
- mis matched,
- more irrelative,
- more mismatched,
- more unassociated,
- most irrelative,
- most mismatched,
- most unassociated,
- not kindred,
- not related,
- un associated,
- un liker,
- un likest,
- un related,
- un-associated,
- un-attached,
- un-likest,
- un-related.
-
inferior
- second-string,
- back seat,
- entry-level,
- bottom rung,
- bottom-rung,
- bottomrung,
- entrylevel,
- more bottom rung,
- more bottom-rung,
- more bottomrung,
- more entry level,
- more entry-level,
- more entrylevel,
- more nether,
- more second banana,
- more second string,
- more second-banana,
- more second-fiddle,
- more second-string,
- more secondfiddle,
- more secondstring,
- more underneath,
- most bottom rung,
- most bottom-rung,
- most bottomrung,
- most entry-level,
- most entrylevel,
- most nether,
- most second banana,
- most second string,
- most second-banana,
- most second-fiddle,
- most second-string,
- most secondbanana,
- most secondfiddle,
- most underneath,
- peoner,
- second-banana,
- second-fiddle,
- secondbanana,
- secondfiddle,
- under neath,
- under-neath.
- substitute
- free
- unimportant
-
subordinate
- subnormal,
- Subalternate,
- more second fiddle,
- more subaltern,
- more subalternate,
- more subnormal,
- more under,
- more underaverage,
- most second fiddle,
- most secondstring,
- most subaltern,
- most subalternate,
- most subnormal,
- most underaverage,
- secondstring,
- sub altern,
- sub alternate,
- sub missive,
- sub normal,
- sub ordinate,
- sub-altern,
- sub-alternate,
- sub-normal,
- sub-ordinate,
- subber,
- un equal,
- un-equal,
- under average,
- under-average,
- underaverage.
- side
- superfluous
- residual
- auxiliary
- avoidable
- essential
- expendable
- extrinsic
- minor
- needless
- over
- overmuch
-
petty
- nickel-and-dime,
- penny ante,
- piddling,
- scratcher,
- shoestring,
- more nickel and dime,
- more nickel-and-dime,
- more peanut,
- more penny ante,
- more penny-ante,
- more pennyante,
- more pettifogging,
- more shoestring,
- most junior,
- most nickel and dime,
- most nickel-and-dime,
- most peanut,
- most penny ante,
- most penny-ante,
- most pennyante,
- most pettifogging,
- most shoestring,
- narrow minded,
- narrowminded,
- nickel and dime,
- penny-ante,
- pennyante,
- scratchest,
- small minded,
- smallminded.
-
pointless
- Purportless,
- around circles,
- around in circles,
- in effective,
- in effectual,
- in vicious circle,
- in-effective,
- in-effectual,
- more nongermane,
- more purportless,
- most nongermane,
- most purportless,
- needle haystack,
- needle in haystack,
- non germane,
- non-germane,
- nongermane,
- not pertinent,
- on treadmill,
- un availing,
- un interesting,
- un productive,
- un profitable,
- un-availing,
- un-productive.
-
secondary
- second hand,
- Derivate,
- Substract,
- de rived,
- de-rived,
- second-hand,
- in direct,
- in-direct,
- minorleague,
- more derivate,
- more resultant,
- more resulting,
- more second hand,
- more second-hand,
- more substract,
- most derivate,
- most resultant,
- most resulting,
- most second hand,
- most second-hand,
- most substract,
- re lief,
- re liefer,
- re-lief,
- re-liefer,
- re-liefest,
- reliefer,
- reliefest,
- sub sequent,
- sub-sequent.
- spare
- subsidiary
- supplementary
- surplus
- unnecessary
- unneeded
- ancillary
- collateral
-
excessive
- overboard,
- overkill,
- overmuch,
- plethoric,
- unmeasurable,
- Recrementitious,
- too many,
- dis proportionate,
- dis-proportionate,
- in temperate,
- in-ordinate,
- in-temperate,
- more overboard,
- more overkill,
- more plethoric,
- more recrementitious,
- most overboard,
- most plethoric,
- most recrementitious,
- most unmeasurable,
- over board,
- over kill,
- over-kill,
- self indulgent,
- selfindulgent,
- sky high,
- skyhigh,
- super abundant,
- super natural,
- super-abundant,
- super-natural,
- un bounded,
- un conscionable,
- un due,
- un duest,
- un measurable,
- un reasonable,
- un-bounded,
- un-conscionable,
- un-due,
- un-duer,
- un-duest,
- un-measurable,
- un-reasonable.
-
extra
- gingerbread,
- in addition,
- in store,
- tipper,
- over and above,
- ICER,
- fusser,
- one more,
- in reserve,
- be yond,
- be-yond,
- extra ordinary,
- extra-ordinary,
- fussest,
- gravier,
- graviest,
- icest,
- more beyond,
- more button,
- more gingerbread,
- more lagniappe,
- most beyond,
- most button,
- most gingerbread,
- most lagniappe,
- over above,
- super numerary,
- super-numerary,
- tippest,
- un used.
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gratuitous
- causeless,
- reasonless,
- unmerited,
- unprovoked,
- uncalledfor,
- in defensible,
- in-defensible,
- more causeless,
- more reasonless,
- more unmerited,
- more unprovoked,
- most reasonless,
- most unmerited,
- most unprovoked,
- un founded,
- un justified,
- un merited,
- un provoked,
- un supportable,
- un-founded,
- un-justified,
- un-merited,
- un-provoked,
- un-supportable,
- un-warranted.
-
in addition
- over.
- incidental
- inessential
- inevitable
-
irrelevant
- irrelevant,
- not connected with,
- not germane,
- not pertaining to,
- off the point,
- off the topic,
- in appurtenant,
- in apropos,
- in apter,
- in aptest,
- in consequent,
- in consequential,
- in significant,
- in-appurtenant,
- in-apropos,
- in-apter,
- in-aptest,
- in-consequent,
- in-consequential,
- inappurtenant,
- inapropos,
- more garbage,
- more inappurtenant,
- more inapropos,
- most garbage,
- most inappurtenant,
- most inapropos,
- off point,
- off topic,
- out order,
- re-mote,
- un apter,
- un aptest,
- un-apter,
- without reference.
- leftover
- nonessential
- redundant
- trivial
- unused
- ridiculous, senseless
- all
- alternate
- extra, supplementary
- extra; supplementary
- indirect, secondary
- not necessary; able to be thrown away
- dispensable
- too much; overdone
- not important
- accessory; excess
- unneeded; irrevelant
-
not busy; unoccupied
- free.
- not necessary
- related; minor
- less in rank, importance
- insignificant, small
- unnecessary, groundless
- not needed or important
- trivial, insignificant
- excessive; repetitious
- subordinate; less important
-
minor; flanking
- side.
- extra, reserve
- lesser, supplementary
- secondary, helpful
- extra, unnecessary
- of no real worth, value
- not required
- independent; different
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Other relevant words
- avertable,
- avertible,
- avoidable,
- casual,
- chosen,
- contingent,
- doubtful,
- dubious,
- evitable,
- gratuitous,
- improbable,
- inconsequential,
- insignificant,
- preventable,
- questionable,
- redundant,
- shaky,
- uncertain,
- unclear,
- undecided,
- undependable,
- undesired,
- unimportant,
- unlikely,
- unreliable,
- unsettled,
- unsure,
- unwanted,
- useless,
- worthless,
- evadable.
- Other antonyms
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similizing
- Antonyms:
- abandon, differ, disagree.
