Definition for Prerequisite:

• required as a prior condition or course of study

Synonyms for Prerequisite:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • prerequisite.
  •essential (adjective)
  • right-hand,
  • wanted,
  • more right hand,
  • most fundamental,
  • fore most,
  • fore-most,
  • most right hand,
  • more righthand,
  • most righthand,
  • more right-hand,
  • most right-hand.
  •required (adjective)
  • inevitable,
  • constraining,
  • imperative,
  • compulsory,
  • involuntary,
  • pressing,
  • inescapable,
  • mandatory,
  • binding,
  • requisite,
  • Stipulated,
  • inexorable,
  • obligatory.
  •required/requisite (adjective)
  • more demanded,
  • more compulsatory,
  • re commended,
  • most demanded,
  • most compulsatory,
  • re-commended,
  • most condign,
  • pre scribed,
  • pre-scribed,
  • more condign,
  • de served,
  • de-served.
  •vital (adjective)
  • more nitty-gritty,
  • more underlined,
  • most coal and ice,
  • most life or death,
  • more meat and potatoes,
  • more nittygritty,
  • more coal-and-ice,
  • more coal and ice,
  • more life or death,
  • most underlined,
  • under lined,
  • most nitty gritty,
  • more nitty gritty,
  • more name of the game,
  • most life-or-death,
  • most meat and potatoes,
  • under-lined,
  • coal and ice,
  • most meat-and-potatoes,
  • more life-or-death,
  • most nitty-gritty,
  • most nittygritty,
  • namest,
  • most name-of-the-game,
  • most name of the game,
  • more name-of-the-game,
  • more meat-and-potatoes,
  • most coal-and-ice.

• n.

  •
  • element,
  • concern,
  • key,
  • essence,
  • staple,
  • burning issue/question,
  • priority,
  • core,
  • basis,
  • feature.
  •
  • correspondence course,
  • class,
  • doctoral,
  • course,
  • crash course,
  • articles,
  • ed,
  • concentration,
  • apprenticeship,
  • day school.
  •cognition (noun)
  • requirement.
  •condition (noun)
  • terms,
  • pre-requisite,
  • pre-requisites,
  • prerequisites.
  •condition, necessity (noun)
  • postulate.
  •essential (noun)
  • important,
  • expedient.
  •precondition (noun)
  • pre-conditions.
  •provision/proviso (noun)
  • pro visions,
  • catch-22's,
  • catch22,
  • catch 22's,
  • pro-visos,
  • re-striction,
  • catch22's,
  • re striction,
  • catch 22,
  • re-strictions,
  • pro visos,
  • pro-visions,
  • re strictions.
  •proviso (noun)
  • pro-viso,
  • pro viso.
  •requirement (noun)
  • constraint,
  • inexorability,
  • obligation,
  • mandate,
  • compulsion.
  •requirement/requisite (noun)
  • pre-occupation,
  • pre-occupations,
  • pre possession,
  • pre occupation,
  • pre occupations,
  • pre-possession,
  • pre-possessions,
  • pre possessions.
  •state (noun)
  • out-look,
  • out-looks,
  • state affairs,
  • frame mind,
  • out look,
  • state of affair,
  • state affair,
  • out looks.
  •stipulation (noun)
  • string attacheds.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • sine qua non,
  • precondition.
  •
  • provision.

Paraphrases for Prerequisite:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    pre-condition.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    vital, pre-congress, pre-award, dependent, pre-test, crucial, pre-employment, necessary, sine, screening-level, previous, pre-submission, pre-meeting, Pre-established.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    proviso, essential, presumption, necessity, stipulation, criterion, factor, crucial, element, necessary, Provided.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    requisite, indispensable, essential, imperative.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    precondition, requisite, premise, indispensable, assumption, imperative, prelude, basis, conditionality, indispensability.

Antonyms for Prerequisite:

• adj.

  • necessary
    optional, secondary, voluntary, unnecessary, inessential.

• n.

  • condition, necessity
    option, nonessential, extra.

Prerequisite Sentence Examples:

• As long as we criticize each other before laymen and make light of each other's honest efforts, the public will question our professional standing on the ground that we have no organized code of professional ethics, - a prerequisite for any profession.

• North Dakota introduces a bill to require medical examination in all cases as a prerequisite to marriage; it failed in North Dakota that year, but was promptly introduced in other States.

Hypernym for Prerequisite:

• n.

  • cognition
    academic requirement, precondition, sine qua non, essential condition.

Hyponym for Prerequisite:

• n.

  • cognition
    responsibility, obligation, duty.