1. necessary - Noun
2. necessary - Adjective
3. necessary - Adjective Satellite
4. Necessary - Proper noun
Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.
Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requiste; essential.
Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.
A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the necessaries of life.
A privy; a water-closet.
Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAs soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom. Pythagoras
Icons in churches and houses are necessary because they remind us of the immortality of the saints; that they live unto Him, (Lk. 20:38) that in God they see, hear, and help us. John of Kronstadt
It is only necessary to seek one thing: to be with Jesus. The man who remains with Jesus is rich, even if he is poor with regard to material things. Who ever desires the earthly more than the heavenly loses both the earthly and the heavenly. But whoever seeks the heavenly is Lord of the whole world. Ignatius Bryanchaninov
To sail is necessary, survive is not necessary. Portuguese Proverb
A bridle for the tongue is a necessary piece of furniture. Chinese Proverb
It is not necessary to fish up every bucket that falls into the well. Italian Proverb