requisite
/ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/US/ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/
requisite adjective: essential, indispensable, required.
Adjective
requisite (comparative more requisite, superlative most requisite)
- Essential, indispensable, required.
- Please submit the requisite papers before the end of the financial year.
- They ſay he is the King of Perſea.
But if he dare attempt to ſtir your ſiege,
Twere requiſite he ſhould be ten times more,
For all fleſh quakes at your magnificence.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
- Synonyms:
- basic, essential, indispensable, necessar, necessary, necessitous, needed, prerequisite, required
- Antonyms:
- discretionary, elective, facultative, free, noncompulsory, nonmandatory, nonobligate, nonobligatory, nonrequired, nonrequisite
Noun
requisite (plural requisites)
- An indispensable item; a requirement.
- She had a good sort of coarse cleverness, admirably fitted to get on in the world; she possessed those two first requisites, a good constitution and a good temper;...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 21–22
- But this something, what is it, unless the happiness of others, or some of the requisites of happiness?1861, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism
requisite meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
requisite in Tamil
- தேவை, தேவைப்பொருள், தேவையான, வேண்டிய
requisite in Urdu
- لازم, مطلوبہ, ضروری, لازمی
requisite in Bengali
- প্রয়োজনীয়, আবশ্যক
requisite in Malayalam
- required, necessary, prerequisite
- ആവശ്യമായ, അത്യാവശ്യകമായ, അവശ്യം വേണ്ടുന്ന, വേണ്ടതായ, അത്യന്താപേക്ഷിതമായ, സർവ്വപ്രധാനമായ
- need, requirement, necessity
- വേണ്ടത്, വേണ്ടുന്നത്, ആവശ്യകവസ്തു, ആവശ്യം, ആവശ്യകത, അത്യാവശ്യം
- essential (requirement), necessity, prerequisite
- അത്യാവശ്യം, ആവശ്യകോപാധി, അനിവാര്യമായത്, ആവശ്യം വേണ്ടത്, മുൻ ഉപാധി, മുൻവ്യവസ്ഥ
More languagesFewer languages
- requisite in Kannada
- ಅಗತ್ಯವಾದದ್ದು, ಆವಶ್ಯಕವಾದದ್ದು, ಅನಿವಾರ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಬೇಕಾದದ್ದು, ಅಪೇಕ್ಷಿತ
- requisite in Arabic
- أَسَاسِيّ ʔasāsiyy, ضُرُورِيّ ḍurūriyy, لِزَام lizām, مُتَطَلَّب mutaṭallab
Examples of requisite in a sentence
- [W]e endeavour to preſent our Gard'ners with a compleat Cycle of what is requiſite to be done throughout every Moneth of the Year: [...]1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], “Kalendarium Hortense: Or, The Gard’ners Almanac; […] [Introduction to the Kalendar.]”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of...
- The main requisite is to brew a tasty, palateful and wholesome beer […]1904, Letters on Brewing, volume 3, page 127:
Synonyms of requisite
Antonyms
- discretionary
- elective
- facultative
- free
- noncompulsory
- nonmandatory
- nonobligate
- nonobligatory
- nonrequired
- nonrequisite
10 more antonymsFewer antonyms
Forms of requisite
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more requisite |
| superlative | most requisite |
| Noun | |
| plural | requisites |
Origin of requisite
From Latin requīsītus, perfect passive participle of requīrō (“to require, seek, ask for”), from which English require.
Words formed from requisite
Questions about requisite
- What does requisite mean?
- Requisite means essential, indispensable, required.
- What is requisite in Tamil?
- Requisite in Tamil is தேவை, தேவைப்பொருள், தேவையான. See Requisite meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use requisite in a sentence?
- [W]e endeavour to preſent our Gard'ners with a compleat Cycle of what is requiſite to be done throughout every Moneth of the Year: [...]
- What part of speech is requisite?
- Requisite can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce requisite?
- Requisite is pronounced /ˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/ (UK).
Words near requisite in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: requisite (page history and authors); requisite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); requisite (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); requisite (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); requisite (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); requisite (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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