Easy
Necessary
Necessary adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Easy and necessary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Easy" instead an adjective "Necessary".
Nearby Words: necessity, necessarily
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Barack Obama stated in one of his early 2009 speeches that "America does what is necessary, not what is easy" (or something like that).
Source: Evil Is Easy -
This is, however, laughed at when one plays through on easy — and is therefore a higher level than is necessary to defeat Karst and Agatio.
Source: Sherlock Scan -
They do have some speedy moves, but that's not against this trope, and it's necessary, as they would be too easy to avoid otherwise.
Source: Smash Mook
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Necessary and Easy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/easy/necessary
Easy & Necessary. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/easy/necessary>.
Necessary or Easy. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/easy/necessary.
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