Necessity and Prosperity

Necessity

Necessity noun - The state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions.
Usage example: two years of unemployment had reduced the family to abject necessity

Prosperity is an antonym for necessity.

Prosperity

Prosperity noun - The condition of prospering; having good fortune.

Necessity is an antonym for prosperity.

How words are described

human human necessity human prosperity
good good necessity good prosperity
mutual mutual necessity mutual prosperity
economic economic necessity economic prosperity
Other adjectives: financial, technological.
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