Needed
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and needed
- critical and pressing
- momentous and needed
- momentous and pressing
- important and needed
- important and pressing
- necessary and needed
- necessary and pressing
- mandatory and needed
- mandatory and pressing
- essential and needed
- essential and pressing
- required and needed
- required and pressing
Both words in one sentence
- There's only one witness, you have only 3 pieces of evidence to use, and the witness has so many obvious contradictions that pressing him is not even needed.
Source: Noob Cave -
Going Critical: The underground shelter's reactor is so unstable that pressing a single button is all that's needed to instantly detonate it.
Source: Visual Novel / Zero Time Dilemma -
Somewhat related to this trope: you needed to activate the chat text field to talk to NPCs, otherwise, pressing letters on the keyboard would result in activating hotkeys for game commands.
Source: You Can't Get Ye Flask
Cite this Source
Pressing and Needed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/needed/pressing
Needed & Pressing. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/needed/pressing>.
Pressing or Needed. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/needed/pressing.
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