requisite
Needed for success
Requisite means required or necessary for a particular purpose.
A requisite skill, requisite knowledge, requisite experience—these are things you must have to do something properly.
As a noun, a requisite is something indispensable: A good knife is a requisite for any serious cook.
The word carries a slightly formal tone, often appearing in job listings and official requirements.
Necessary prior requirement
- preliminaryBefore the main part
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- basisUnderlying support or principle
antecedent · precursor · preparatory · forerunner · qualification · stepping-stone · gateway · baseline
Indispensable requirement
- demandForceful request or requirement
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- mustObligatory requirement
- exigencyPressing necessity or demand
urgency · priority · obligation · indispensability · imperative · desideratum · necessaries · want
Utterly required, irreplaceable
- necessaryIndispensable, cannot omit
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- fundamentalForming the base
- crucialOf supreme importance
integral · core · key · basic · imperative · central · primary · cardinal
Condition in an agreement
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
- specificationDetailed technical requirement
- criterionStandard for judgment
- termsConditions of an agreement
qualification · contingency · parameter · constraint · demand · standard · benchmark · threshold
Required by rule
- compulsoryRequired, not optional
- bindingLegally or morally required
- prescribedOfficially recommended or mandated
- statutoryEstablished by enacted law
enforced · imposed · nonnegotiable · unavoidable · peremptory · decreed · dictated · stipulated
precondition
Necessary prior requirement
- preliminaryBefore the main part
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
- foundationUnderlying support structure
basis · antecedent · precursor · preparatory · forerunner · qualification · stepping-stone · gateway · baseline · starting point
necessity
Indispensable requirement
exigency · urgency · priority · obligation · indispensability · imperative · desideratum · necessaries · want · call
indispensable
Utterly required, irreplaceable
- necessaryIndispensable, cannot omit
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- fundamentalForming the base
crucial · integral · core · key · basic · imperative · central · primary · cardinal · pivotal
stipulation
Condition in an agreement
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
- specificationDetailed technical requirement
- criterionStandard for judgment
terms · qualification · contingency · parameter · constraint · demand · standard · benchmark · threshold · guideline
obligatory
Required by rule
- compulsoryRequired, not optional
- bindingLegally or morally required
- prescribedOfficially recommended or mandated
statutory · enforced · imposed · nonnegotiable · unavoidable · peremptory · decreed · dictated · stipulated · demanded
- necessitiesbasics, essentials, need, essential, needs
- obligationmandatory, obligatory, compulsory, optional, voluntary
- requirementsnecessity, necessities, need, needs, must
- prioritypriority, top priority, high priority, low-priority, first priority
- desireswant, wish, desire, wanting, yearning
requisiteunnecessary
Not essential or required
optional · nonessential · unneeded · dispensable · needless
requisiteunimportant
Lacking significance or weight
insignificant · inconsequential · trivial · negligible · minor
- requisition formOfficial supply request document
prerequisite, requisition, prerequisites, requisitions, requisites, requisitioned, requisitioning