Synonyms for Re-quired:

• adj.

  •binding (adjective)
  • indissoluble,
  • conclusive,
  • bounden,
  • irrevocable,
  • counted upon,
  • unalterable,
  • incumbent on,
  • required.
  •bound (adjective)
  • fated,
  • pressed,
  • under compulsion,
  • Urged,
  • enslaved,
  • articled,
  • intent,
  • pledged,
  • contracted,
  • doomed,
  • bent,
  • impelled,
  • restrained,
  • obligated,
  • made,
  • having no alternative,
  • driven,
  • obliged,
  • forced,
  • firm,
  • compelled,
  • sure,
  • certain,
  • Necessitated,
  • duty-bound,
  • Coerced,
  • apprenticed,
  • under necessity,
  • constrained,
  • indentured.
  •compulsory (adjective)
  • necessary,
  • de rigueur.
  •de rigeur (adjective)
  • conventional,
  • correct,
  • decent,
  • Comme Il Faut,
  • decorous,
  • au fait,
  • fitting,
  • done,
  • becoming.
  •de rigueur (adjective)
  • conforming to accepted standards,
  • a must.
  •enforced (adjective)
  • Advocated,
  • executed,
  • forced upon,
  • dictated,
  • Enjoined,
  • ordained,
  • Exacted,
  • carried out,
  • kept,
  • imposed,
  • prevalent,
  • established,
  • Invoked,
  • charged,
  • sanctioned.
  •essential (adjective)
  • foremost,
  • cardinal,
  • fundamental,
  • main,
  • crucial,
  • leading,
  • wanted,
  • constitutive,
  • chief,
  • necessitous,
  • principal,
  • capital,
  • right-hand.
  •imperious (adjective)
  • haughty,
  • commanding,
  • autocratic,
  • overweening,
  • arrogant,
  • exacting,
  • dictatorial,
  • peremptory,
  • domineering,
  • tyrannical,
  • authoritative,
  • tyrannous,
  • despotic,
  • oppressive,
  • imperial,
  • high-handed.
  •indispensable (adjective)
  • basic,
  • primary,
  • key,
  • basal.
  •necessary (adjective)
  • binding,
  • bottom-line,
  • prime,
  • specified,
  • quintessential,
  • exigent,
  • significant,
  • momentous,
  • compelling,
  • name of game,
  • all-important,
  • urgent,
  • paramount,
  • pressing,
  • decisive,
  • expedient,
  • elementary.
  •needed (adjective)
  • desired.
  •obligated (adjective)
  • tied,
  • indebted,
  • committed,
  • called by duty,
  • under obligation.
  •perfect (adjective)
  • sharp,
  • on target,
  • precise,
  • close,
  • definite,
  • model,
  • unerring,
  • to a t,
  • ideal,
  • strict,
  • proper,
  • to a turn,
  • true,
  • dead-on,
  • bull's-eye,
  • textbook,
  • express,
  • faithful,
  • distinct,
  • very,
  • fit,
  • on the money,
  • on the button.
  •prerequisite (adjective)
  • of the essence,
  • important.
  •required (adjective)
  • just,
  • deserved,
  • Compulsatory,
  • needed,
  • compulsory,
  • imperious,
  • enforced,
  • set,
  • due,
  • appropriate,
  • suitable,
  • Demanded,
  • needful,
  • imperative,
  • condign,
  • indispensable,
  • mandatory,
  • rightful,
  • requisite,
  • obligatory,
  • unavoidable,
  • essential,
  • right,
  • vital,
  • prescribed,
  • called for,
  • recommended,
  • prerequisite.
  •urgent (adjective)
  • instant,
  • life and death,
  • importunate,
  • burning,
  • clamorous,
  • immediate,
  • weighty,
  • serious,
  • heavy,
  • persuasive,
  • insistent,
  • called-for,
  • touchy,
  • clamant,
  • touch and go,
  • salient,
  • crying,
  • demanding,
  • critical,
  • hurry-up,
  • driving,
  • top-priority,
  • impelling.
  •vital (adjective)
  • name,
  • nitty-gritty,
  • underlined,
  • meaningful,
  • coal-and-ice,
  • integral,
  • name-of-the-game,
  • meat-and-potatoes,
  • life-or-death.

• v.

  •adjure (verb)
  • implore,
  • entreat,
  • charge,
  • supplicate,
  • require.
  •appeal (verb)
  • pray,
  • propose,
  • urge,
  • Importune,
  • proposition,
  • petition,
  • ask,
  • submit,
  • question,
  • plead,
  • contest,
  • refer,
  • advance,
  • apply,
  • address,
  • hit on,
  • adjure,
  • sue,
  • strike,
  • call,
  • resort to.
  •bid (verb)
  • warn,
  • make a pass at,
  • summon,
  • make a play for,
  • tell,
  • invite,
  • make a pitch.
  •bind (verb)
  • detain,
  • put half nelson on,
  • prescribe,
  • yoke,
  • restrain,
  • hamper,
  • restrict,
  • indenture,
  • engage,
  • put lock on,
  • confine,
  • hogtie,
  • lock up,
  • necessitate,
  • enslave,
  • hinder,
  • force.
  •call (verb)
  • elect,
  • ordain,
  • proclaim,
  • decree,
  • set apart,
  • appoint,
  • pray to,
  • appeal to,
  • declare.
  •call for (verb)
  • need,
  • want,
  • ask for,
  • inquire,
  • suggest,
  • occasion.
  •challenge (verb)
  • impugn,
  • fly in the face of,
  • confront,
  • stand up to,
  • reclaim,
  • face off,
  • beard,
  • hang in,
  • object to,
  • query,
  • face down,
  • make a point of,
  • face the music,
  • provoke,
  • investigate,
  • defy,
  • impose,
  • try,
  • denounce,
  • dare,
  • accost,
  • search out,
  • tax,
  • impeach,
  • test,
  • brave,
  • stick it out,
  • assert,
  • invite competition,
  • cross,
  • stimulate,
  • arouse,
  • make a stand,
  • vindicate,
  • call out,
  • throw down the gauntlet.
  •charge (verb)
  • levy,
  • fix price at,
  • entrust,
  • exhort,
  • sell for,
  • price.
  •claim (verb)
  • pop the question,
  • pretend,
  • stake out,
  • lay claim to,
  • profess,
  • justify,
  • defend,
  • hold out for,
  • pronounce,
  • knock,
  • insist,
  • uphold,
  • believe,
  • collect,
  • adduce,
  • have dibs on something,
  • allege,
  • hit up,
  • HIT,
  • hold,
  • pick up.
  •command (verb)
  • grant,
  • take charge,
  • put foot down,
  • give directions,
  • forbid,
  • ban,
  • ordinate,
  • subpoena,
  • cite,
  • debar,
  • bar,
  • interdict,
  • task,
  • rule out,
  • prohibit,
  • give orders,
  • dictate,
  • send for,
  • inhibit,
  • inflict,
  • call on,
  • lay down the law,
  • beckon,
  • force upon,
  • enact,
  • call the signals,
  • authorize,
  • take lead,
  • check,
  • mark out.
  •cost (verb)
  • rap,
  • lose,
  • be paid,
  • bring in,
  • move back,
  • be marked at,
  • mount up,
  • sell at,
  • nick,
  • hurt,
  • infuriate,
  • yield,
  • amount to be asked,
  • be demanded,
  • be priced at,
  • be worth,
  • come to,
  • do disservice to,
  • be given,
  • set back,
  • be valued at,
  • be needed,
  • to the tune of,
  • be received.
  •crave (verb)
  • pine for,
  • dream,
  • plead for,
  • hunger for,
  • ache for,
  • spoil for,
  • covet,
  • die for,
  • yen for,
  • thirst for,
  • long for,
  • sigh for,
  • fancy,
  • cry out for,
  • lust after,
  • suspire,
  • give eyeteeth for,
  • itch for,
  • yearn for,
  • eat one's heart out,
  • pray for,
  • seek.
  •decree (verb)
  • determine,
  • put one's foot down,
  • announce,
  • decide,
  • read the riot act,
  • rule.
  •demand (verb)
  • appeal,
  • besiege,
  • dun,
  • interrogate,
  • clamor for,
  • press,
  • counterclaim,
  • insist on,
  • whistle for,
  • sue for,
  • abuse,
  • badger,
  • Impetrate,
  • stipulate,
  • nag,
  • coerce,
  • pester,
  • arrogate.
  •draw on (verb)
  • extract,
  • fall back on,
  • make use of,
  • exploit,
  • rely on,
  • effect,
  • have recourse to,
  • take from,
  • employ.
  •enforce (verb)
  • fortify,
  • implement,
  • lash,
  • accomplish,
  • make,
  • strong-arm,
  • perform,
  • discharge,
  • fulfill,
  • exert,
  • impel,
  • prosecute,
  • goad,
  • carry out,
  • extort,
  • hound,
  • commandeer,
  • emphasize,
  • crack down,
  • invoke,
  • sanction,
  • put screws to,
  • whip,
  • incite,
  • wrest,
  • stress,
  • execute,
  • spur,
  • administer,
  • drive,
  • dragoon,
  • put into effect,
  • lean on,
  • strain,
  • reinforce,
  • support,
  • egg on,
  • administrate.
  •enjoin (verb)
  • caution,
  • advise,
  • admonish,
  • Forewarn,
  • counsel.
  •entail (verb)
  • evoke,
  • give rise to,
  • encompass,
  • tangle,
  • entangle,
  • bring about,
  • lead to.
  •exact (verb)
  • pinch,
  • squeeze,
  • wrench,
  • gouge,
  • wring,
  • assess,
  • shake down,
  • put on,
  • bleed.
  •expect (verb)
  • rely upon,
  • count on.
  •force (verb)
  • blackmail,
  • obtrude,
  • move,
  • choke,
  • conscript,
  • burden,
  • bring pressure to bear upon,
  • draft,
  • impress,
  • bind,
  • overcome,
  • contract,
  • pressurize,
  • enforce,
  • concuss,
  • fix,
  • put squeeze on,
  • pressure,
  • pin down,
  • sandbag,
  • shotgun,
  • bear down,
  • bear hard on,
  • drag,
  • limit.
  •impel (verb)
  • induce,
  • excite,
  • influence,
  • prod,
  • power,
  • inspire,
  • actuate,
  • shove,
  • instigate,
  • poke,
  • motivate,
  • mobilize,
  • push,
  • thrust,
  • boost,
  • jog,
  • set in motion,
  • foment,
  • start,
  • propel.
  •impose (verb)
  • place,
  • wreak,
  • lay down,
  • encroach,
  • foist,
  • lade,
  • take advantage,
  • put,
  • intrude,
  • presume,
  • move in on,
  • visit,
  • saddle,
  • establish,
  • read riot act,
  • promulgate,
  • infringe,
  • institute,
  • horn in,
  • trespass,
  • introduce,
  • wreck,
  • lay.
  •inflict (verb)
  • give,
  • mete out,
  • subject,
  • bring upon,
  • deal out,
  • deliver,
  • dispense,
  • stick it to,
  • give it to,
  • expose.
  •insist (verb)
  • persist,
  • stand firm,
  • aver,
  • contend,
  • be firm,
  • repeat,
  • swear,
  • vow,
  • maintain,
  • asseverate,
  • take a stand,
  • reiterate.
  •involve (verb)
  • embroil,
  • grip,
  • preoccupy,
  • imply,
  • link,
  • mix up,
  • cover,
  • snarl up,
  • comprehend,
  • connect,
  • catch,
  • implicate,
  • enmesh,
  • denote,
  • prove,
  • presuppose,
  • mean,
  • hook,
  • compromise,
  • incorporate,
  • absorb,
  • rope in,
  • touch,
  • argue,
  • incriminate,
  • embrace,
  • number,
  • comprise,
  • affect,
  • wrap up in,
  • take in,
  • rivet,
  • inculpate,
  • associate,
  • mire,
  • commit,
  • concern,
  • engross,
  • complicate,
  • contain,
  • relate,
  • point to.
  •lack (verb)
  • be deficient in,
  • out,
  • minus,
  • be short of,
  • too little too late,
  • not got,
  • be without,
  • have need of.
  •make (verb)
  • meddle,
  • prevail upon,
  • initiate,
  • interfere,
  • tamper,
  • secure.
  •necessitate (verb)
  • behoove.
  •need (verb)
  • be deprived,
  • pine,
  • suffer privation,
  • be hard up,
  • long,
  • go hungry,
  • yearn,
  • feel the pinch,
  • thirst,
  • hanker,
  • have occasion for,
  • hurt for,
  • be in need of,
  • be deficient,
  • lust,
  • be inadequate,
  • be down and out,
  • feel the necessity for,
  • drive for,
  • be in want,
  • have occasion to,
  • do without,
  • feel a dearth of,
  • have use for,
  • be poor,
  • hunger,
  • be short,
  • be needy.
  •order (verb)
  • obtain,
  • reserve,
  • book,
  • send away for,
  • apply for,
  • rule the roost,
  • hire,
  • pull strings,
  • call the shots,
  • buy,
  • contract for.
  •prescribe (verb)
  • guide,
  • pick out,
  • select,
  • specify,
  • assign,
  • choose,
  • define,
  • write prescription,
  • settle,
  • designate.
  •provide (verb)
  • state,
  • condition.
  •put (verb)
  • consign,
  • subject to,
  • doom,
  • condemn.
  •require (verb)
  • enjoin,
  • assert oneself,
  • claim,
  • direct,
  • obligate,
  • involve,
  • hurting for,
  • call upon,
  • order,
  • crave,
  • take,
  • postulate,
  • depend upon,
  • miss,
  • stand in need,
  • exact,
  • request,
  • entail,
  • command,
  • have need,
  • lack,
  • compel,
  • feel necessity for,
  • instruct,
  • oblige,
  • push for,
  • bid,
  • solicit,
  • desire,
  • insist upon,
  • challenge,
  • constrain,
  • call for,
  • demand,
  • look for,
  • beg,
  • beseech,
  • requisition,
  • wish,
  • expect,
  • cause.
  •requisition (verb)
  • put dibs on,
  • put in for.
  •solicit (verb)
  • hawk,
  • bum,
  • tout,
  • mooch,
  • promote,
  • turn,
  • approach,
  • resort,
  • pass the hat,
  • hustle,
  • panhandle,
  • peddle,
  • cadge,
  • bespeak,
  • canvass,
  • drum up,
  • sponge,
  • steer,
  • come on to,
  • seduce,
  • go,
  • drum.
  •stipulate (verb)
  • arrange,
  • lay finger on,
  • provide,
  • Specificate,
  • slot,
  • guarantee,
  • spell out,
  • particularize,
  • bargain,
  • specificize,
  • agree,
  • put down for,
  • pledge,
  • promise,
  • covenant,
  • make a point,
  • detail.
  •tell (verb)
  • notify,
  • let slip,
  • make known,
  • level,
  • inform,
  • leak,
  • disclose,
  • lay open,
  • fill in,
  • spit it out,
  • clue in,
  • let know,
  • reel off,
  • impart,
  • represent,
  • give facts,
  • recite,
  • say,
  • put before,
  • speak,
  • acquaint,
  • divulge,
  • utter,
  • break the news,
  • let in on,
  • apprise,
  • keep posted,
  • mention,
  • confess,
  • explain,
  • report,
  • open up,
  • leave word,
  • reveal,
  • give out.
  •want (verb)
  • prefer,
  • aspire,
  • starve,
  • stand in need of,
  • be greedy,
  • have eyes for,
  • fall short in,
  • have an urge for,
  • be insufficient,
  • feel a need,
  • Desiderate,
  • incline toward,
  • have a passion for,
  • be deprived of,
  • could do with,
  • have a yen for,
  • have ambition,
  • ache,
  • be found wanting.
  •warrant (verb)
  • empower,
  • attest,
  • take an oath,
  • ensure,
  • approve,
  • commission,
  • back,
  • undertake,
  • avouch,
  • affirm,
  • underwrite,
  • give grounds for,
  • entitle,
  • certify,
  • assure,
  • delegate,
  • endorse,
  • sponsor,
  • permit,
  • excuse,
  • stand behind,
  • bear out,
  • privilege,
  • vouch for,
  • insure,
  • answer for,
  • license,
  • guaranty.

Antonyms for Re-quired:

• adj.

  • binding
    secondary, Unbinding, breakable, unnecessary, revocable, alterable, unconfining.
  • bound
    unbounded, Allowed, irresolute, unrestricted, permitted, free, unobliged.
  • compulsory
    liberated, unstipulated, Liberalized.
  • de rigeur
    wrong, improper.
  • essential
    inferior, nonessential, atypical, auxiliary, unimportant, needless, subordinate, subsidiary, extra, accessory, trivial, minor.
  • imperious
    humble, meek, obedient, helpless, servile, democratic, weak, subservient, fawning.
  • indispensable
    dispensable, superfluous, redundant, additional.
  • necessary
    contingent, useless, insignificant.
  • perfect
    part, unfitting, indefinite, broken, false, incomplete, uncertain, unacceptable, inappropriate, second-rate, inexact, unfit, unbroken, careless, unsuited, slow, imperfect, imprecise, flawed, unfinished, inaccurate, unsuitable, incorrect.
  • required
    inessential, voluntary, optional.
  • urgent
    moderate, uncritical, facile, small, light, easy, unsubstantial.
  • vital
    meaningless, insignficant, dead, dull, worthless, sluggish.

• v.

  • appeal
    ignore, deny, recall, renounce, dissuade, refuse, turn away, disgust, disclaim, retract, revoke, conceal, turn off.
  • bid
    reject, listen.
  • bind
    allow, unfasten, permit, set free, promote, let, release, liberate, assist, untie, aid, unbind, loose, loosen, encourage, let go, help.
  • call
    dismiss, refrain, receive, cancel.
  • challenge
    decision, calm, agreement, victory, dodge.
  • charge
    pay, pay by check, exculpate, exonerate, retreat, pay cash.
  • claim
    forsake, desert, abandon, hide, repudiate, quit, disbelieve, question.
  • command
    follow, hinder, oppose, reverse, approve, ask, contradict, veto, prevent, countermand.
  • cost
    lose.
  • crave
    abjure, spurn, command.
  • decree
    hesitate, delay.
  • demand
    please, present, grant, praise, leave alone, compliment, supply.
  • enforce
    check, repress, give up, neglect, halt, disregard, miss, fail, deter, not finish, cease, overlook, forego, forget, disapprove, drop, discourage.
  • entail
    exclude, untwist, untangle.
  • force
    yield, surrender.
  • impel
    end, suppress, pull, depress.
  • impose
    disorder, remove, displace.
  • inflict
    keep, withhold, take, hold.
  • insist
    tolerate, endure.
  • involve
    divide, misunderstand, disentangle, explain, dissociate, disconnect, separate.
  • make
    destroy, crush, calculate, measure, ruin, refute, demote, raze.
  • need
    do not want, despise.
  • order
    rescind, muddle, disorganize, mix up, mess up.
  • prescribe
    misguide, leave, confuse, unsettle, mislead.
  • provide
    deprive.
  • put
    transfer, change.
  • require
    hate, offer, answer, stop, not want, let off, give, have, dislike, disallow, reply.
  • solicit
    avoid.
  • stipulate
    decline, wish, break, break off, imply, disagree.
  • tell
    estimate, deceive, be quiet, figure, keep secret, secrete, disavow, guess.
  • warrant
    hurt, Unauthorize, invalidate.