'Prerequisite' definitions:
Definition of 'prerequisite'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Required as a prior condition or course of study
noun
Something that is required in advance; "Latin was a prerequisite for admission" [syn: prerequisite, requirement]
Definition of 'Prerequisite'
From: GCIDE
- Prerequisite \Pre*req"ui*site\, a. Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Prerequisite'
From: GCIDE
- Prerequisite \Pre*req"ui*site\, n. Something previously required, or necessary to an end or effect proposed. [1913 Webster]
- The necessary prerequisites of freedom. -- Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prerequisite'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrangement,
- bare necessities,
- basic training,
- boundary condition,
- briefing,
- call for,
- called for,
- catch,
- clause,
- clearing the decks,
- condition,
- demand,
- demand for,
- demanded,
- desideration,
- desideratum,
- donnee,
- equipment,
- escalator clause,
- escape clause,
- escape hatch,
- essential,
- essentials,
- familiarization,
- fine print,
- fixing,
- foundation,
- given,
- grounds,
- groundwork,
- imperative,
- indicated,
- indispensable,
- irreducible,
- irreductible,
- irreplaceable,
- joker,
- kicker,
- limiting condition,
- makeready,
- making ready,
- manufacture,
- mobilization,
- must,
- must item,
- necessaries,
- necessary,
- necessities,
- necessitous,
- necessity,
- need,
- need for,
- needed,
- needful,
- obligation,
- obligatory,
- occasion,
- parameter,
- planning,
- prearrangement,
- precondition,
- preliminaries,
- preliminary,
- preliminary act,
- preliminary step,
- prep,
- preparation,
- preparative,
- preparatory,
- preparatory study,
- preparing,
- prepping,
- prerequirement,
- pretreatment,
- processing,
- propaedeutic,
- provident,
- provision,
- provisional,
- provisions,
- proviso,
- qualification,
- readying,
- required,
- requirement,
- requisite,
- requisition,
- saving clause,
- sine qua non,
- small print,
- spadework,
- specification,
- stipulation,
- string,
- terms,
- the necessary,
- the needful,
- training,
- treatment,
- trial,
- tryout,
- ultimatum,
- unforgoable,
- vital,
- want,
- wanted,
- warm-up,
- whereas