Less
Necessary
Necessary adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Less and necessary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Less" instead an adjective "Necessary".
Nearby Words: necessity, necessarily
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Not necessary alternate solution, and will lead to less points (but many players fell for this solution, as the solution to the better option is 'obscure').
Source: Video Game / King's Quest - All of these can be synthesized and getting the item(s) necessary is much less of a Guide Dang It than the Zemurian Stones are.
Source: Video Game / Zero no Kiseki -
Especially because he had to watch his father's less than savory (even if necessary) actions in order to win the war. Alzarith.
Source: Video Game / Aëdemphia
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Necessary and Less. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/less/necessary
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Necessary or Less. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/less/necessary.
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