NECESSITATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for NECESSITATE?

Need another word that means the same as “necessitate”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “necessitate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Necessitate” are: ask, call for, demand, involve, need, postulate, require, take, make necessary

Necessitate as a Verb

Definitions of "Necessitate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “necessitate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Make it necessary for (someone) to do something.
• Require as useful, just, or proper.
• Make (something) necessary as a result or consequence.
• Cause to be a concomitant.

Synonyms of "Necessitate" as a verb (9 Words)

ask	Require or ask for as a price or condition. She asked him round for a drink.
call for	Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone.
demand	Ask to be informed of. The victim s family is demanding compensation.
involve	Cause to participate in an activity or situation. His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon.
make necessary	Head into a specified direction.
need	Have need of. I need help now.
postulate	Take as a given assume as a postulate or axiom. She postulated that the environmentalists might have a case.
require	Require as useful just or proper. It would have required much research to produce a comprehensive list.
take	Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs. She always takes an umbrella.

Usage Examples of "Necessitate" as a verb

• The late arrival had necessitated her getting out of bed.
• A cut which necessitated eighteen stitches.

Associations of "Necessitate" (30 Words)

adjure	Ask for or request earnestly. I adjure you to tell me the truth.
asking	The verbal act of requesting.
covet	Wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person. I covet one of their smart bags.
demand	The act of demanding. This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice.
desideratum	Something that is needed or wanted. Integrity was a desideratum.
hankering	A yearning for something or to do something. He had a hankering to return to Scotland.
hopefully	It is to be hoped that. He rode on hopefully.
indigence	A state of extreme poverty or destitution. Their indigence appalled him.
indispensability	The quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without.
insufficiency	Lack of an adequate quantity or number. Renal insufficiency.
integral	The result of a mathematical integration F x is the integral of f x if dF dx f x. Games are an integral part of the school s curriculum.
necessary	The action or item needed. The necessary consequences of one s actions.
necessity	The state or fact of being required. The necessity of growing old.
need	Have need of. Lest you even more than needs embitter our parting.
needs	In such a manner as could not be otherwise. We must needs by objective.
oblige	Make (someone) legally or morally bound to do something. Oblige me by not being sorry for yourself.
paging	The system of numbering pages. The public address system in the hospital was used for paging.
perforce	Used to express necessity or inevitability. Amateurs perforce have to settle for less expensive solutions.
request	The verbal act of requesting. The computer is busy servicing requests from other processes.
require	Require as useful just or proper. The minimum car insurance required by law.
requisite	Necessary for relief or supply. A place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained.
shortfall	A deficit of something required or expected. They are facing an expected 10 billion shortfall in revenue.
suppliant	Making or expressing a plea, especially to someone in power or authority. A suppliant for her favors.
supplicant	Making or expressing a plea, especially to someone in power or authority. Supplicants prostrate themselves on the floor.
supplicate	Ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly. He supplicated the King for clemency.
unquenchable	Impossible to quench. His enthusiasm was unquenchable.
want	Hunt or look for want for a particular reason. Freedom from want.
wish	A thing that is or has been wished for. She must carry out her late father s wishes.
wishing	A specific feeling of desire. He was above all wishing and desire.
yearning	Involving or expressing yearning. He felt a yearning for the mountains.