27
compulsory(adjective, set, significant, affected, essential)
26
required(adjective, right, significant, essential, basic)
22
obligatory(adjective, right, significant, affected, essential)
20
necessary(adjective, right, essential, obvious, obligation)
16
imperative(adjective, set, significant, essential, basic)
16
requisite(adjective, significant, essential, basic, vital)
15
indispensable(adjective, set, significant, essential, basic)
14
essential(adjective, set, significant, basic, vital)
13
binding(adjective, set, significant, affected, essential)
12
forced(adjective, affected, necessary, strained, unnatural)
10
involuntary(adjective, affected, necessary, strained, unnatural)
8
imperious(adjective, necessary, commanding, required, authoritative)
8
inevitable(adjective, obvious, required, obligatory, inescapable)
8
mandate
8
needed(adjective, set, significant, essential, basic)
7
commanding(adjective, necessary, required)
7
mandatary
7
prerequisite(adjective, set, significant, essential, basic)
6
de rigueur(expression, adjective, idiom, right, significant)
6
authoritative(adjective, official, authorized)
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