Eligible and Necessary

Eligible

Eligible adjective - Qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen.

Necessary and eligible are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Necessary" instead an adjective "Eligible".

Nearby Words: eligibility, eligibly

Necessary

Necessary adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.

Eligible and necessary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Eligible" instead an adjective "Necessary".

Nearby Words: necessity, necessarily
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