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Detailed Synonyms for essential in English

essential:

essential adj

  1. essential
    – absolutely necessary; vitally necessary 1
    essential
    – absolutely necessary; vitally necessary 1
    • essential adj
      • essential tools and materials1
      • funds essential to the completion of the project1
    crucial
    – of the greatest importance 1
    fundamental; central
    – serving as an essential component 1
    • fundamental adj
      • an example that was fundamental to the argument1
      • computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure1
    • central adj
      • the central cause of the problem1
    vital
    – urgently needed; absolutely necessary 1
    • vital adj
      • vital for a healthy society1
      • of vital interest1
    material
    – directly relevant to a matter especially a law case 1
    • material adj
      • his support made a material difference1
      • evidence material to the issue at hand1
      • facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts1
      • a material witness1
  2. essential
    – absolutely necessary; vitally necessary 1
    indispensable; essential
    – absolutely necessary; vitally necessary 1
    • indispensable adj
      • an indispensable worker1
    • essential adj
      • essential tools and materials1
      • funds essential to the completion of the project1
  3. essential
  4. essential
  5. essential
  6. essential
  7. essential
  8. essential
  9. essential
  10. essential
    – defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established 1
    essential; substantive
    – defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established 1
  11. essential
    – basic and fundamental 1
    essential
    – basic and fundamental 1
  12. essential
    – of the greatest importance 1
    essential; crucial; all important; all-important; of the essence
    – of the greatest importance 1
  13. essential
    – being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc 1
    essential
    – being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc 1

essential [the ~] noun

  1. the essential
    the necessity; the essential; the elementary matter; the emergency
  2. the essential
    – anything indispensable 1
    the requirement; the necessary; the requisite; the essential; the necessity
    – anything indispensable 1
    • requirement [the ~] noun
      • allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions1
    • necessary [the ~] noun
    • requisite [the ~] noun
      • a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained1
    • essential [the ~] noun
      • the essentials of the good life1
    • necessity [the ~] noun
      • food and shelter are necessities of life1

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Related Definitions for "essential":

  1. defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established1
  2. basic and fundamental1
    • the essential feature1
  3. of the greatest importance1
  4. absolutely necessary; vitally necessary1
    • essential tools and materials1
    • funds essential to the completion of the project1
  5. being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc1
    • essential oil1
  6. anything indispensable1
    • the essentials of the good life1

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