Synonyms for necessities
ne·ces·si·ties

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1. List of paraphrases for "necessities":

   needs, essentials, imperatives, requirements, requisites, supplies

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1. A. Edward Newton:

   If this world affords true happiness, it is to be found in a home where love and confidence increase with the years, where the necessities of life come without severe strain, where luxuries enter only after their cost has been carefully considered.

2. Yuka Ikemura:

   I've got small children to take care of and we live on the first floor of an old apartment, we brought with us the bare necessities. I'm scared to think about when we will have run out diapers and milk.

3. Jennifer Levasseur:

   Since [spacewalkers] are carrying all the necessities of life and work with them, it all feels far more personal than what you might think about with a broad look at human spaceflight.

4. Elizabeth DiMartino:

   The biggest thing is this sense that these things are bonuses. If you have a nurse, if you have art, PE, music — those are necessities, those are basic things.

5. Ernest Hemingway:

   Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent.