English Explanatory Dictionary

requisite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Essential, indispensable, required.
noun
  1. An indispensable item; a requirement.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-requisite.wav

Word forms

requisite more requisite most requisite requisites

Etymology

From Latin requīsītus, perfect passive participle of requīrō (“to require, seek, ask for”), from which English require.

Synonyms

basic essential indispensable necessar necessary needed prerequisite required requisite

Antonyms

dispensable gratuitous inessential needless optional unnecessary unneeded discretionary elective facultative free noncompulsory nonmandatory nonobligate nonobligatory nonrequired nonrequisite optionary unrequired volitional voluntary

Related words

requisition

Derived words

antirequisite corequisite nonrequisite postrequisite requisitely requisiteness unrequisite
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