Unnecessary is defined as something that is not needed or essential. Its antonyms include necessary, important, vital, valuable, essential, and significant. Necessary refers to something that is needed to achieve a particular objective or goal. Important refers to something that holds great value or significance. Vital denotes something that is necessary for life or existence. Valuable implies that something has worth, whether in terms of money or utility. Essential refers to something that is vital or necessary for survival or success. Significant denotes something that has a great impact, meaning, or influence. All these antonyms offer different shades of meaning, but they are all used to express the opposite of unnecessary.

What are the antonyms for Unnecessary?

• adj.

  • affecting the entire system
  • systemic
  .
  • all
  • necessary
  .
  • arch
  • fore most
  ,
  • fore-most
  ,
  • top-pest
  .
  • basic
  • more substratal
  ,
  • most substratal
  ,
  • sub stratal
  ,
  • sub-stratal
  ,
  • under-lying
  .
  • basic, natural
  • organic
  .
  • binding
  • compulsory
  ,
  • enslaved
  ,
  • in dissoluble
  ,
  • incumbent on
  ,
  • more attached
  ,
  • more enslaved
  ,
  • more limiting
  ,
  • most attached
  ,
  • most enslaved
  ,
  • most limiting
  ,
  • re quired
  ,
  • re straining
  ,
  • re-quired
  ,
  • re-straining
  ,
  • un alterable
  ,
  • un-alterable
  .
  • bottom
  • foundational
  ,
  • lower most
  ,
  • lower-most
  ,
  • meat-and-potatoes
  ,
  • more basement
  ,
  • more foundational
  ,
  • more ground
  ,
  • more meat and potatoes
  ,
  • more meat-and-potatoes
  ,
  • more rock bottom
  ,
  • more rock-bottom
  ,
  • more rockbottom
  ,
  • most basement
  ,
  • most foundational
  ,
  • most ground
  ,
  • most meat and potatoes
  ,
  • most meat-and-potatoes
  ,
  • most primary
  ,
  • most rock bottom
  ,
  • most rock-bottom
  ,
  • most rockbottom
  ,
  • nether most
  ,
  • nether-most
  ,
  • rock-bottom
  ,
  • rockbottom
  ,
  • under lying
  ,
  • under most
  ,
  • under-most
  .
  • cardinal
  • more overruling
  ,
  • most overruling
  ,
  • over ruling
  ,
  • over-ruling
  ,
  • para mount
  ,
  • para-mount
  .
  • central, most important
  • overriding
  .
  • chief
  • grandest
  ,
  • more telling
  ,
  • most telling
  ,
  • out standing
  ,
  • out-standing
  ,
  • potent
  ,
  • pre dominant
  ,
  • pre-dominant
  ,
  • superior
  ,
  • upper most
  ,
  • upper-most
  .
  • compulsory
  • Compulsatory
  ,
  • more compulsatory
  ,
  • most compulsatory
  .
  • critical
  • Exceptive
  ,
  • all important
  ,
  • all-important
  ,
  • allimportant
  ,
  • de terminative
  ,
  • de-terminative
  ,
  • high-priority
  ,
  • highpriority
  ,
  • more all important
  ,
  • more exceptive
  ,
  • more highpriority
  ,
  • most all important
  ,
  • most all-important
  ,
  • most allimportant
  ,
  • most exceptive
  ,
  • most high priority
  ,
  • most high-priority
  ,
  • most highpriority
  ,
  • pre carious
  ,
  • pre-carious
  .
  • critical, important
  • crucial
  .
  • crucial
  • climatic
  ,
  • hanging by thread
  ,
  • more climatic
  ,
  • more showdown
  ,
  • most showdown
  ,
  • on thin ice
  ,
  • strategic
  ,
  • touch and go
  ,
  • touch go
  .
  • deadly, lethal
  • fatal
  .
  • determining
  • deciding
  .
  • dominant
  • Over-bearing
  ,
  • more obtaining
  ,
  • more outweighing
  ,
  • more overweighing
  ,
  • more predominate
  ,
  • more surpassing
  ,
  • most obtaining
  ,
  • most outweighing
  ,
  • most overbalancing
  ,
  • most predominate
  ,
  • most surpassing
  ,
  • out weighing
  ,
  • out-weighing
  ,
  • over balancing
  ,
  • over bearing
  ,
  • over weighing
  ,
  • over-balancing
  ,
  • over-weighing
  ,
  • overbalancing
  ,
  • overweighing
  ,
  • pre dominate
  ,
  • pre siding
  ,
  • pre vailing
  ,
  • pre-dominate
  ,
  • pre-siding
  ,
  • sur-passing
  .
  • elementary, fundamental
  • basic
  .
  • essential
  • more right-hand
  ,
  • more righthand
  ,
  • most right hand
  ,
  • most right-hand
  ,
  • most righthand
  ,
  • right hand
  ,
  • righthand
  ,
  • vital
  .
  • essential, important
  • key
  .
  • essential, required
  • obligatory
  .
  • extremely compliant
  • subservient
  .
  • famous, illustrious
  • star
  .
  • fatal
  • Mortiferous
  ,
  • fore ordained
  ,
  • ill fated
  ,
  • ill starred
  ,
  • illfated
  ,
  • illstarred
  ,
  • in curable
  ,
  • in evitable
  ,
  • in-curable
  ,
  • in-evitable
  ,
  • malefic
  ,
  • more foreordained
  ,
  • more malefic
  ,
  • more mortiferous
  ,
  • more predestined
  ,
  • most foreordained
  ,
  • most killing
  ,
  • most malefic
  ,
  • most mortiferous
  ,
  • most predestined
  ,
  • pre destined
  ,
  • pre-destined
  ,
  • un luckier
  ,
  • un luckiest
  ,
  • un lucky
  ,
  • un-luckier
  ,
  • un-luckiest
  ,
  • un-lucky
  .
  • first
  • first class
  ,
  • first-string
  ,
  • firstclass
  ,
  • firststring
  ,
  • head of the line
  ,
  • head the line
  ,
  • more first string
  ,
  • more first-string
  ,
  • more firststring
  ,
  • more primo
  ,
  • more ranking
  ,
  • most first string
  ,
  • most first-string
  ,
  • most firststring
  ,
  • most primo
  ,
  • most ranking
  ,
  • primo
  ,
  • top flight
  ,
  • top list
  ,
  • top of list
  ,
  • top of the list
  ,
  • top the list
  .
  • fundamental
  • axiological
  ,
  • bottom-line
  ,
  • bottomline
  ,
  • more axiological
  ,
  • more bottom-line
  ,
  • more grass roots
  ,
  • more grass-roots
  ,
  • more grassroots
  ,
  • more substrative
  ,
  • more sustaining
  ,
  • more underived
  ,
  • most axiological
  ,
  • most bottom line
  ,
  • most bottom-line
  ,
  • most grass roots
  ,
  • most grass-roots
  ,
  • most grassroots
  ,
  • most underived
  ,
  • substrative
  ,
  • un derived
  ,
  • un-derived
  ,
  • underived
  .
  • great
  • high minded
  ,
  • highly regarded
  ,
  • highminded
  ,
  • sub lime
  ,
  • sub-lime
  .
  • highest in importance
  • first
  .
  • imperative
  • high handed
  ,
  • highhanded
  ,
  • importunate
  ,
  • in escapable
  ,
  • in-escapable
  ,
  • more bidding
  ,
  • more ordering
  ,
  • most bidding
  ,
  • most ordering
  ,
  • no turning back
  .
  • important
  • bigleague
  ,
  • ex tensive
  ,
  • far reaching
  ,
  • farreaching
  ,
  • front page
  ,
  • front-page
  ,
  • frontpage
  ,
  • high
  ,
  • mattering much
  ,
  • more esteemed
  ,
  • more front page
  ,
  • more front-page
  ,
  • more frontpage
  ,
  • more something
  ,
  • most esteemed
  ,
  • most front page
  ,
  • most front-page
  ,
  • most frontpage
  ,
  • most something
  ,
  • of note
  ,
  • of substance
  ,
  • re levant
  ,
  • re-levant
  .
  • important, celebrated
  • great
  .
  • important, key
  • cardinal
  .
  • important, vital
  • essential
  .
  • indispensable
  • in dispensable
  ,
  • in-dispensable
  .
  • integral
  • Choate
  ,
  • choater
  ,
  • choatest
  ,
  • in divisible
  ,
  • in tact
  ,
  • in-divisible
  ,
  • in-tact
  ,
  • more part and parcel
  ,
  • more part-and-parcel
  ,
  • more unbroken
  ,
  • most part and parcel
  ,
  • most part-and-parcel
  ,
  • most unbroken
  ,
  • part-and-parcel
  ,
  • un broken
  ,
  • un divided
  ,
  • un-broken
  ,
  • un-divided
  .
  • last, final
  • ultimate
  .
  • leading; original
  • premier
  .
  • lowest; fundamental
  • bottom
  .
  • main
  • more undisguised
  ,
  • most undisguised
  ,
  • un disguised
  ,
  • un-disguised
  ,
  • undisguised
  .
  • mandatory
  • Irremissible
  ,
  • in voluntary
  ,
  • in-voluntary
  ,
  • more irremissible
  ,
  • most irremissible
  .
  • most important, essential
  • chief
  .
  • most important; superior
  • preeminent
  .
  • necessary
  • Ineludible
  ,
  • Inevasible
  ,
  • binding
  ,
  • imperative
  ,
  • in errant
  ,
  • in-errant
  ,
  • in-exorable
  ,
  • in-fallible
  ,
  • indispensable
  ,
  • inerrant
  ,
  • more all-important
  ,
  • more allimportant
  ,
  • more bottom line
  ,
  • more bottomline
  ,
  • more inerrant
  ,
  • more inevasible
  ,
  • more necessary
  ,
  • more returnless
  ,
  • more unescapable
  ,
  • most bottomline
  ,
  • most ineludible
  ,
  • most inerrant
  ,
  • most inevasible
  ,
  • most returnless
  ,
  • most unescapable
  ,
  • name game
  ,
  • name of game
  ,
  • prerequisite
  ,
  • un avoidable
  ,
  • un deniable
  ,
  • un escapable
  ,
  • un-avoidable
  ,
  • un-deniable
  ,
  • un-escapable
  ,
  • unescapable
  ,
  • wanted
  .
  • necessary, basic
  • integral
  ,
  • staple
  .
  • needing immediate attention
  • urgent
  .
  • not required
  • needed
  ,
  • required
  ,
  • valuable
  ,
  • worthwhile
  .
  • noun
  • important
  ,
  • pressing
  .
  • obligatory
  • incumbent
  .
  • organic
  • Plasmic
  ,
  • amoebic
  ,
  • anatomical
  ,
  • bio logical
  ,
  • bio-logical
  ,
  • biotic
  ,
  • cellular
  ,
  • more amoebic
  ,
  • more anatomical
  ,
  • more biotic
  ,
  • more cellular
  ,
  • more nuclear
  ,
  • more plasmic
  ,
  • most amoebic
  ,
  • most anatomical
  ,
  • most biotic
  ,
  • most cellular
  ,
  • most nuclear
  ,
  • most plasmic
  ,
  • nuclear
  .
  • overriding
  • over riding
  ,
  • over-riding
  .
  • practical
  • utilitarian
  .
  • preeminent
  • in comparable
  ,
  • in-comparable
  ,
  • more unequalled
  ,
  • more unmatchable
  ,
  • more unrivalled
  ,
  • most unmatchable
  ,
  • most unrivalled
  ,
  • pre eminent
  ,
  • pre-eminent
  ,
  • un equalled
  ,
  • un matchable
  ,
  • un rivalled
  ,
  • un surpassable
  ,
  • un surpassed
  ,
  • un-equalled
  ,
  • un-matchable
  ,
  • un-surpassable
  ,
  • un-surpassed
  ,
  • unequalled
  ,
  • unmatchable
  ,
  • unrivalled
  .
  • premier
  • be ginning
  ,
  • be-ginning
  ,
  • in augural
  ,
  • in-augural
  ,
  • more beginning
  ,
  • more inaugural
  ,
  • more opening
  ,
  • most beginning
  ,
  • most inaugural
  ,
  • most opening
  .
  • prerequisite
  • of essence
  ,
  • of the essence
  ,
  • pre requisite
  ,
  • pre-requisite
  .
  • principal, predominant
  • main
  .
  • principal, superior
  • arch
  .
  • required, necessary
  • mandatory
  .
  • required/requisite
  • condign
  ,
  • de served
  ,
  • de-served
  ,
  • more condign
  ,
  • more demanded
  ,
  • most condign
  ,
  • most demanded
  ,
  • pre scribed
  ,
  • pre-scribed
  ,
  • re commended
  ,
  • re-commended
  .
  • staple
  • in demand
  .
  • star
  • well known
  ,
  • wellknown
  .
  • strategic
  • de liberate
  ,
  • de-liberate
  ,
  • dis honest
  ,
  • dis-honest
  .
  • subservient
  • a slave to
  ,
  • adjuvant
  ,
  • appurtenant
  ,
  • at beck and call
  ,
  • at beck call
  ,
  • at mercy
  ,
  • at one beck and call
  ,
  • at one beck call
  ,
  • at one mercy
  ,
  • at one's beck and call
  ,
  • at one's beck call
  ,
  • at one's mercy
  ,
  • at ones beck and call
  ,
  • at ones beck call
  ,
  • at ones mercy
  ,
  • bushleague
  ,
  • dancing
  ,
  • flunkier
  ,
  • flunkiest
  ,
  • in clutches
  ,
  • in one clutches
  ,
  • in one pocket
  ,
  • in one power
  ,
  • in one's pocket
  ,
  • in ones pocket
  ,
  • in ones power
  ,
  • in power
  ,
  • more adjuvant
  ,
  • more appurtenant
  ,
  • more bootlicking
  ,
  • more cowering
  ,
  • most accessory
  ,
  • most adjuvant
  ,
  • most appurtenant
  ,
  • most bootlicking
  ,
  • most cowering
  ,
  • most dancing
  ,
  • most sycophantic
  ,
  • re signed
  ,
  • re-signed
  ,
  • sub missive
  ,
  • sub ordinate
  ,
  • sub-ordinate
  ,
  • sycophantic
  ,
  • under one thumb
  ,
  • under one's thumb
  ,
  • under ones thumb
  ,
  • under thumb
  .
  • superior, controlling
  • dominant
  .
  • ultimate
  • Unequalable
  ,
  • chips down
  ,
  • endest
  ,
  • farther most
  ,
  • farther-most
  ,
  • final curtain
  ,
  • further-most
  ,
  • hind most
  ,
  • latter most
  ,
  • latter-most
  ,
  • max
  ,
  • maxer
  ,
  • maxest
  ,
  • more capping
  ,
  • more maxi
  ,
  • more unequalable
  ,
  • most maxi
  ,
  • most unequalable
  ,
  • the most
  ,
  • top most
  .
  • urgent
  • calledfor
  ,
  • hurry up
  ,
  • hurry-up
  ,
  • hurryup
  ,
  • life and death
  ,
  • life death
  ,
  • more called for
  ,
  • more called-for
  ,
  • more calledfor
  ,
  • more hurry up
  ,
  • more hurry-up
  ,
  • more hurryup
  ,
  • more impelling
  ,
  • more top priority
  ,
  • more top-priority
  ,
  • more toppriority
  ,
  • most called for
  ,
  • most called-for
  ,
  • most calledfor
  ,
  • most hurry up
  ,
  • most hurry-up
  ,
  • most hurryup
  ,
  • most impelling
  ,
  • most top priority
  ,
  • most top-priority
  ,
  • most toppriority
  ,
  • top priority
  ,
  • top-priority
  ,
  • toppriority
  .
  • urgently important
  • critical
  .
  • utilitarian
  • matter of fact
  ,
  • more unidealistic
  ,
  • most unidealistic
  ,
  • nuts bolts
  ,
  • un idealistic
  ,
  • un romantic
  ,
  • un-idealistic
  ,
  • un-romantic
  ,
  • unidealistic
  .
  • vital
  • coal and ice
  ,
  • coal-and-ice
  ,
  • life or death
  ,
  • life-or-death
  ,
  • more coal-and-ice
  ,
  • more life or death
  ,
  • more life-or-death
  ,
  • more name of the game
  ,
  • more name-of-the-game
  ,
  • more nitty gritty
  ,
  • more nittygritty
  ,
  • more underlined
  ,
  • most coal and ice
  ,
  • most coal-and-ice
  ,
  • most life or death
  ,
  • most life-or-death
  ,
  • most name of the game
  ,
  • most nitty gritty
  ,
  • most nitty-gritty
  ,
  • most nittygritty
  ,
  • most underlined
  ,
  • name-of-the-game
  ,
  • namer
  ,
  • nitty gritty
  ,
  • nittygritty
  ,
  • under lined
  ,
  • under-lined
  .

• Other relevant words:

• Other relevant words (noun):
• necessity
,
• requirement
.

Usage examples for Unnecessary

Famous quotes with Unnecessary

• Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

  John Adams
• A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.

  Fred Allen
• I... was not too happy to suddenly take on this public role thrust upon me. They just assumed I was the Joan of Arc of the women's movement. And I wasn't at all. It put a lot of unnecessary pressure on me.

  Bea Arthur
• Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman, that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it.

  Mary Astell
• And I figured out that the reason I couldn't get through the day as well as I can now is because I had too many things on my mind, on my plate, you know, for one person to have. So I started to eliminate some of the things that were too heavy to carry and unnecessary.

  Erykah Badu

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