Hard
Necessary
Necessary adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Hard and necessary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hard" instead an adjective "Necessary".
Nearby Words: necessity, necessarily
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Orthodox Christianity gives us such an answer: hard work is necessary, but it only works if it makes you humble see your sins, which you can't help but do.
Source: Hard Work Hardly Works - After performing the necessary ritual, which isn't hard at all, the genie becomes a member of the household and can be controlled.
Source: Game Breaker / Simulation - No examples necessary, since it's not hard to find full lists on the Internet and any list of examples would just be copied from one of them.
Source: Featurization
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Necessary and Hard. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hard/necessary
Hard & Necessary. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hard/necessary>.
Necessary or Hard. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hard/necessary.
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