All gratuitous antonyms
gra·tu·i·tous
G g adjective gratuitous
- expensive — Costing a lot of money.
adj gratuitous
- deserved — rightfully earned or merited; just
- needed — necessary, required, or wanted (usually used in combination): a much-needed vacation.
- warranted — authorization, sanction, or justification.
- costly — If you say that something is costly, you mean that it costs a lot of money, often more than you would want to pay.
- reasonable — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- grounded — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- necessary — being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor.
- justified — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- proven — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.