necessitous
adjective
ne·ces·si·tous ni-ˈse-sə-təs 
1
: needy, impoverished
2
: urgent, pressing
3
: necessary
necessitously adverb
necessitousness noun
Synonyms
- all-important
- critical
- essential
- imperative
- indispensable
- integral
- must-have
- necessary
- needed
- needful
- required
- requisite
- vital
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Example Sentences
all the dreaded, necessitous decisions that one must make when arranging the funeral of a loved one amidst the holiday feasting, merrymaking and spending, it was easy to overlook the necessitous members of the community
Recent Examples on the Web Exclusive dedication to necessitous employment without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders John a bland young male. 
Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021 Word History
First Known Use
1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1
necessitous
adjective
1
as in necessary
impossible to do without all the dreaded, necessitous decisions that one must make when arranging the funeral of a loved one Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- necessary
- required
- essential
- needful
- needed
- integral
- vital
- indispensable
- imperative
- critical
- crucial
- important
- requisite
- all-important
- must-have
- compulsory
- basic
- mandatory
- prerequisite
- urgent
- momentous
- fundamental
- major
- key
- of the essence
- meaningful
- persistent
- substantial
- consequential
- obligatory
- significant
- insistent
- organic
- nonelective
- central
- material
- pressing
- weighty
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- unnecessary
- unwanted
- undesired
- unimportant
- dispensable
- nonessential
- needless
- insignificant
- unneeded
- superfluous
- unessential
- inessential
- extra
- inconsequential
- external
- extraneous
- excess
- surplus
2
as in impoverished
lacking money or material possessions amidst the holiday feasting, merrymaking and spending, it was easy to overlook the necessitous members of the community Synonyms & Similar Words
- impoverished
- poor
- impecunious
- needy
- needful
- broke
- beggared
- destitute
- indigent
- penurious
- famished
- deprived
- penniless
- bankrupt
- beggarly
- pauperized
- hard up
- bankrupted
- depressed
- threadbare
- disadvantaged
- dirt-poor
- skint
- down-and-out
- underprivileged
- poverty-stricken
- dispossessed
- out of pocket
- distressed
- out at elbows
- out at the elbows
- ruined
- down on one's luck
- reduced
- insolvent
- unaffluent
- straitened
- short
- poorish
- bust
- pinched
- hardscrabble
- busted
- low
- possessionless
- tapped out
- cash-strapped
- hand-to-mouth
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- wealthy
- rich
- affluent
- opulent
- moneyed
- monied
- fat
- prosperous
- well-to-do
- comfortable
- flush
- well-off
- well-heeled
- deep-pocketed
- fat-cat
- silk-stocking
3
as in urgent
needing immediate attention firmly of the belief that no matter is so necessitous that it cannot be put off until tomorrow Synonyms & Similar Words
- urgent
- acute
- compelling
- importunate
- exigent
- dire
- desperate
- emergent
- critical
- imperious
- pressing
- imperative
- intense
- instant
- crying
- clamant
- serious
- immediate
- crucial
- insistent
- extreme
- dangerous
- burning
- hazardous
- precarious
- perilous
- demanding
- overriding
- severe
- vital
- unstable
- life-or-death
- grave
- life-and-death
- explosive
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- unimportant
- noncritical
- trivial
- minor
- incidental
- negligible
- stable
- nonurgent
- safe
- nonthreatening
- low-pressure