requiring
Calling for something
Requiring is the present participle of require, carrying its sense of necessity or demand.
Something requiring attention needs it; a job requiring experience won't consider applicants without it.
This is a task requiring patience.
The form often introduces what follows as a condition: Requiring all employees to attend, the meeting ran two hours.
Powerfully engaging or persuasive
- forcingCompelling through pressure
- obligingWilling to help others
- pressuringExerting influence to compel
- drivingControlling a vehicle
urging · prompting · constraining · mandating · necessitating · impelling · coercing · insisting
Required, not optional
- obligatoryRequired by rule
- enforcedMade to be followed
- bindingLegally or morally required
- statutoryEstablished by enacted law
prescribed · decreed · nonnegotiable · mandatory · dictated · regulated · legislated · codified
Utterly required, irreplaceable
- crucialOf supreme importance
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- necessaryIndispensable, cannot omit
- fundamentalForming the base
core · integral · key · essential · basic · imperative · compulsory · requisite
Demanding great care
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
- preciseExactly correct, no error
- strictRigorous, without flexibility
- rigorousExtremely thorough and careful
thorough · systematic · scrupulous · methodical · careful · detailed · analytical · disciplined
Demanding strenuous effort
- gruelingExtremely tiring and demanding
- taxingRequiring great effort
- laboriousRequiring considerable effort
- strenuousRequiring intense exertion
exhausting · demanding · difficult · tough · challenging · onerous · burdensome · toilsome
Elaborately detailed, many parts
- complexHaving many interconnected parts
- complicatedDifficult to understand
- trickyDifficult to handle
- problematicCausing difficulty or concern
knotty · thorny · perplexing · puzzling · convoluted · challenging · difficult · involved
compelling
Powerfully engaging or persuasive
- forcingCompelling through pressure
- obligingWilling to help others
- pressuringExerting influence to compel
driving · urging · prompting · constraining · mandating · necessitating · impelling · coercing · insisting · dictating
compulsory
Required, not optional
- obligatoryRequired by rule
- enforcedMade to be followed
- bindingLegally or morally required
statutory · prescribed · decreed · nonnegotiable · mandatory · dictated · regulated · legislated · codified · stipulated
indispensable
Utterly required, irreplaceable
- crucialOf supreme importance
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- necessaryIndispensable, cannot omit
fundamental · core · integral · key · essential · basic · imperative · compulsory · requisite · paramount
exacting
Demanding great care
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
- preciseExactly correct, no error
- strictRigorous, without flexibility
rigorous · thorough · systematic · scrupulous · methodical · careful · detailed · analytical · disciplined · exhaustive
arduous
Demanding strenuous effort
- gruelingExtremely tiring and demanding
- taxingRequiring great effort
- laboriousRequiring considerable effort
strenuous · exhausting · demanding · difficult · tough · challenging · onerous · burdensome · toilsome · backbreaking
intricate
Elaborately detailed, many parts
- complexHaving many interconnected parts
- complicatedDifficult to understand
- trickyDifficult to handle
problematic · knotty · thorny · perplexing · puzzling · convoluted · challenging · difficult · involved · elaborate
requiringoptional
Not mandatory
voluntary · unnecessary · elective · discretionary · noncompulsory
requiringhaving
Being in possession
possessing · self-sufficient · complete · satisfied · disliking
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