Necessary
Necessary adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Worthwhile and necessary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Worthwhile" instead an adjective "Necessary".
Nearby Words: necessity, necessarily
Worthwhile
Worthwhile adjective - Sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest.
Necessary and worthwhile are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Necessary" instead an adjective "Worthwhile".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Both could be cooked, which was necessary for 100% Completion, although it wouldn't really make anything worthwhile.
Source: Vendor Trash -
In the future, it's shown that the military can control their troops remotely if necessary, as demonstrated when Kiera is forced to execute an informant who no longer had worthwhile information.
Source: Series / Continuum - The premise of the movie Back to School is that Rodney Dangerfield's character goes to college in order to convince his son that it's worthwhile (after the son uses the father's self-made success as an argument that college isn't necessary).
Source: Back to School
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