Incidental and Necessary

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Incidental adjective - Happening by chance.

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Necessary is an antonym for incidental in topics: secondary, related.

Nearby Words: incident, incidence, incidentally

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

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Incidental is an antonym for necessary.

Nearby Words: necessity, necessarily

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