Necessary
Necessary adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Prominent and necessary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prominent" instead an adjective "Necessary".
Nearby Words: necessity, necessarily
Prominent
Prominent adjective - Likely to attract attention.
Necessary and prominent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Necessary" instead an adjective "Prominent".
Nearby Words: prominence, prominently
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Once that Myth Arc took off, it was no longer necessary, and her hacking became much less prominent.
Source: The Artifact / Live-Action TV - I Did What I Had to Do: Lucius reasons that getting a concubine for Draco and later kidnapping several women and forcing them into reproductive slavery was necessary to continue the lines of the Malfoys and several other prominent families.
Source: Fan Fic / Wish Carefully -
One prominent instance is that the film has an extended montage of NASA testing and Mark implementing a modification to the Rover that involves replacing part of its roof with a balloon of Hab canvas, but completely omits the explanation of why this modification is necessary.
Source: Film / The Martian
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