Necessity and Wealth

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

Wealth is an antonym for necessity.

Wealth

Wealth noun - The total of one's money and property.

Necessity is an antonym for wealth.

Nearby Words: wealthy, weal, wealthily

How words are described

good good necessity good wealth
similar similar necessity similar wealth
sheer sheer necessity sheer wealth
obvious obvious necessity obvious wealth
Other adjectives: actual, absolute, social, new, political, apparent, financial.

Both words in one sentence

  • Cladwell ("Caldwell is well-dressed"), whose wealth and style contrast with the miserable poor he keeps in virtual financial slavery, and the money-grubbing-by-necessity Penelope "Penny" Pennywise.
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