Table 1 Synonyms for Arabic words of 'necessity' as suggested by the Thesaurus Function in SketchEngine.

From: Arabic translations of the English adjective 'necessary': a corpus-driven lexical study

Arabic words of necessity

Synonyms

lāzim

ḍarūrī, mumkin, muhim, tālī, khāṣ, mulā'im

ḍarūrī

lāzim, muhim, mumkin, tālī, khāṣ, muḥaddad, asāsī

muhim

tālī, akthar, mumkin, awwal, murtabiṭ, mukhtalif, khāṣ

asāsī

ra'eesi, muḥaddad, hām, muʿayyin, tālī, muhim