What are the opposite words for necessity?
Antonyms for the word "necessity" include terms such as luxury, excess, and superfluity. A luxury is an item or experience that is not required for basic needs, but is desired for enjoyment or comfort. Excess refers to a surplus or abundance of something that is not needed, while superfluity refers to something that is excessive, unnecessary or redundant. Other antonyms for necessity include want, option, and choice. These terms suggest that there are alternative ways of obtaining the same outcome or fulfilling a need, without the same level of urgency or importance as a necessity.
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- residue
- substitute
- accessory
- alternative
- auxiliary
- blockage
- overflow
- plus
- surfeit
- surplus
- accident
- congestion
- excess
- extra
- fat
- overabundance
- superabundance
- alternate
- possible choice
- leftover part
- overweight, adipose tissue
- need, essentiality
- flood, inundation
- asset; something added
- Other relevant words
- residue
- substitute
- accessory
- alternative
- auxiliary
- blockage
-
overflow
- overproduction,
- spillover,
- submergence,
- submersion,
- Submersions,
- over-production,
- de luge,
- de luges,
- de-luge,
- de-luges,
- dis charge,
- dis charges,
- dis-charge,
- dis-charges,
- engorgements,
- niagaras,
- over flow,
- over flows,
- over productions,
- over-flow,
- over-flows,
- over-productions,
- overproductions,
- spillovers,
- sub mergence,
- sub mergences,
- sub-mergences,
- submergences.
- plus
- surfeit
- surplus
-
accident
- crack-up,
- fender-bender,
- hazard,
- stack up,
- misfortunes,
- crackup,
- crackups,
- crack ups,
- crack-ups,
- fender-benders,
- fenderbender,
- fenderbenders,
- mis adventure,
- mis adventures,
- mis fortune,
- mis fortunes,
- mis-adventure,
- mis-adventures,
- mis-fortune,
- mis-fortunes,
- rear ender,
- rear enders,
- stack ups,
- stack-up,
- stack-ups,
- stackup,
- stackups,
- wrack up,
- wrack ups,
- wrack-up,
- wrack-ups,
- wrackup,
- wrackups.
-
congestion
- over-crowding,
- overpopulation,
- snarl up,
- overdevelopment,
- overcrowding,
- crowdedness,
- cloggings,
- crowdednesses,
- crowdings,
- ex cess,
- ex-cess,
- ex-cesses,
- over crowding,
- over development,
- over developments,
- over population,
- over populations,
- over-development,
- over-developments,
- over-population,
- over-populations,
- overcrowdings,
- overdevelopments,
- overpopulations,
- pro fusions,
- pro-fusion,
- pro-fusions,
- rubber necking,
- rubber neckings,
- rubber-neckings,
- rubberneckings,
- snarl ups,
- snarl-up,
- snarl-ups,
- snarlup,
- snarlups.
- excess
- extra
- fat
- overabundance
- superabundance
- alternate
- possible choice
- leftover part
-
overweight, adipose tissue
- fat.
- need, essentiality
- flood, inundation
-
asset; something added
- plus.
- Other relevant words
Antonym of the day
were one back
- Antonyms:
- aid, discourage, dissuade.
