Grateful
Required
Required adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Grateful and required are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grateful" instead an adjective "Required".
Nearby Words: requirement, requiring
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Subversion: In The Old Genie Hottabych by Lazar Lagin, the genies are not required to fulfill any wishes for those who free them but the titular Hottabych feels so grateful to The Protagonist that he decides to become his lifetime servant, i.e.
Source: Three Wishes
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Required and Grateful. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/grateful/required
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