Synonyms for Pre-requisite:

• adj.

  •necessary (adjective)
  • quintessential.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • pressing,
  • heavy,
  • imperative,
  • deserved,
  • name-of-the-game,
  • elementary,
  • enforced,
  • de rigueur,
  • condign,
  • principal,
  • important,
  • key,
  • coal-and-ice,
  • main,
  • foremost,
  • necessary,
  • chief,
  • mandatory,
  • cardinal,
  • name,
  • obligatory,
  • significant,
  • imperious,
  • compelling,
  • appropriate,
  • leading,
  • expedient,
  • basal,
  • underlined,
  • prime,
  • prescribed,
  • integral,
  • requisite,
  • just,
  • needed,
  • set,
  • meat-and-potatoes,
  • rightful,
  • name of game,
  • necessitous,
  • capital,
  • compulsory,
  • essential,
  • critical,
  • needful,
  • momentous,
  • primary,
  • basic,
  • indispensable,
  • vital,
  • recommended,
  • specified,
  • exigent,
  • Demanded,
  • decisive,
  • unavoidable,
  • urgent,
  • fundamental,
  • all-important,
  • suitable,
  • Compulsatory,
  • incumbent on,
  • paramount,
  • crucial,
  • required,
  • called for,
  • wanted,
  • right-hand,
  • meaningful,
  • bottom-line,
  • constitutive,
  • of the essence,
  • binding,
  • life-or-death.
  •required/requisite (adjective)
  • due.

• n.

  •condition (noun)
  • contingency,
  • necessity,
  • reservation,
  • prerequisite,
  • catch,
  • fine print,
  • demand,
  • provision,
  • terms,
  • stipulation,
  • small print,
  • kicker,
  • arrangement,
  • rule,
  • codicil,
  • exception,
  • modification,
  • exemption,
  • proviso,
  • article,
  • strings.
  •essential (noun)
  • fire and ice,
  • Groceries,
  • element,
  • substance,
  • guts,
  • principle,
  • quintessence,
  • meat and potatoes,
  • stuff,
  • bottom line,
  • rudiment,
  • nitty-gritty,
  • where one's at,
  • abcs,
  • vital part,
  • condition,
  • essence,
  • nuts and bolts,
  • heart,
  • name of the game,
  • part and parcel,
  • brass tacks.
  •must (noun)
  • ought,
  • devoir,
  • committal,
  • duty,
  • obligation,
  • charge,
  • right,
  • commitment.
  •necessity (noun)
  • compulsion,
  • duress,
  • want,
  • undeniability,
  • urgency,
  • claim,
  • pinch,
  • vitals,
  • cause,
  • inexorableness,
  • needfulness,
  • call,
  • no alternative,
  • exaction,
  • exigency,
  • indispensability,
  • stress,
  • inevitability,
  • no choice,
  • privation,
  • desideratum,
  • godsend,
  • life or death.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • wanderlust.
  •prerequisite (noun)
  • requirement,
  • must,
  • postulate,
  • sine qua non,
  • qualification,
  • precondition,
  • need.
  •provision/proviso (noun)
  • term,
  • rider,
  • agreement,
  • specification,
  • clause,
  • catch-22,
  • joker,
  • limitation,
  • restriction.
  •qualification (noun)
  • objection,
  • allowance,
  • criterion,
  • caveat.
  •requirement/requisite (noun)
  • preoccupation,
  • prescription,
  • obsession,
  • extremity,
  • concern,
  • preliminary,
  • fulfillment,
  • prepossession,
  • lack,
  • engrossment.
  •state (noun)
  • nature,
  • status,
  • eventuality,
  • chances,
  • case,
  • attitude,
  • outlook,
  • estate,
  • occurrence,
  • pass,
  • accompaniment,
  • environment,
  • juncture,
  • welfare,
  • state of affairs,
  • humor,
  • phase,
  • station,
  • event,
  • standing,
  • predicament,
  • posture,
  • footing,
  • reputation,
  • spirits,
  • capacity,
  • form,
  • character,
  • category,
  • time,
  • occasion,
  • mood,
  • fix,
  • position,
  • shape,
  • situation,
  • plight,
  • frame of mind,
  • stand,
  • circumstances,
  • circumstance.
  •stipulation (noun)
  • settlement,
  • circumscription,
  • designation,
  • string attached,
  • limit,
  • engagement,
  • contract.

Paraphrases for Pre-requisite:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    pre-condition, condition.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    pre-congress, pre-award, pre-employment, pre-test, Pre-established, advance, pre-meeting, screening-level, preliminary, Pre-.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    premise, precursor, indispensable, advance, imperative, assumption, precedent, preliminary.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    requirement, requirements.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    precondition, requirement, proviso, prelude.

Antonyms for Pre-requisite:

• adj.

  • essential
    subsidiary, unimportant, needless, auxiliary, accessory, subordinate, inferior, trivial, minor, atypical.
  • indispensable
    superfluous, additional, redundant, dispensable.
  • necessary
    useless, contingent, insignificant.
  • prerequisite
    voluntary, secondary, optional, inessential, unnecessary.
  • vital
    worthless, dead, meaningless, insignficant, uncritical, sluggish, dull.

• n.

  • essential
    trivia, cowardice, throwaway, fear.
  • necessity
    desire.
  • prerequisite
    option, extra, nonessential.
  • qualification
    lack, disqualification, inaptitude, inability.
  • requirement
    plenty, abundance, lot, indifference.
  • requirement/requisite
    wish.
  • state
    good fortune.
  • stipulation
    request, disagreement, implication.