n. Function: adjective
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Synonyms: MASTERFUL 1, bossy, domineering, high-handed, imperial, imperious, magisterial, overbearing, peremptory
Related Words: bidding, commanding, ordering; harsh, stern
Contrasted Words: begging, entreating, imploring; lenient, mild, soft
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Synonyms: PRESSING , burning, clamant, clamorous, crying, exigent, importunate, insistent, instant, urgent
Related Words: acute, critical, crucial
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Synonyms: ESSENTIAL 4, indispensable, necessary, necessitous, prerequisite
Related Words: basic, fundamental; claimed, demanded, exacted
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Synonyms: MANDATORY , compulsatory, compulsory, imperious, obligatory, required