Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 6 compound words that contain necessity. The most common are listed below. Open necessity in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- doctrine of necessityNecessarianism, especially as espoused by Joseph Priestley.
- Medical necessity
- money of necessitySynonym of necessity money: A type of temporary coinage, issued in places where regular coinage is unavailable, sometimes consisting of leather or wood.
- necessity is the mother of inventionThe primary driving force for most new inventions is a need.
- work of necessityWork that is sufficiently important to be done on the Sabbath, despite the usual prohibitions against working on that day.
- works of necessityplural of work of necessity: Work that is sufficiently important to be done on the Sabbath, despite the usual prohibitions against working on that day.
- make a virtue of necessityTo make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was deliberately chosen on its merits.
- necessity knows no lawA person who is in great need of something will find a way to obtain it, and violate the law if needed.
- necessity moneyA type of temporary coinage, issued in places where regular coinage is unavailable, sometimes consisting of leather or wood.
- made a virtue of necessitysimple past and past participle of make a virtue of necessity
- makes a virtue of necessitythird-person singular simple present indicative of make a virtue of necessity: To make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was …
- making a virtue of necessitypresent participle and gerund of make a virtue of necessity
- necessity moneysplural of necessity money: A type of temporary coinage, issued in places where regular coinage is unavailable, sometimes consisting of leather or wood.
- moneys of necessityplural of money of necessity: A type of temporary coinage, issued in places where regular coinage is unavailable, sometimes consisting of leather or wood.
- doctrine of philosophical necessitySynonym of doctrine of necessity: Necessarianism, especially as espoused by Joseph Priestley.
- necessity is the mother of innovationAlternative form of necessity is the mother of invention: The primary driving force for most new inventions is a need.
Compound words 6
- necessitousNeedy, indigent, destitute, poor.
- necessitariannecessarian
- needcessitynecessity
- nonnecessityThat which is not a necessity.
- unnecessityneedlessness
- necessitiedIn a state of want; necessitous.