What are the opposite words for essential?
Antonyms for the word "essential" refer to concepts or items that are optional, unnecessary, or supplementary. The word "inessential" is a direct antonym and refers to something that is not crucial, important or indispensable. Other antonyms of "essential" include "noncritical," "peripheral," "inessential," "trivial," "extraneous," and "inessential." These words refer to components or details that are less important, less vital, and less vital to the success of a particular thing. The opposite of essential can also be expressed as "non-essential," which implies that the subject is not required, necessary, or critical for a particular task or process.
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- object
- extra
- dispensable
- necessity, basic
- immaterial
- accidental
- extraneous
- residual
- extrinsic
- over
- random
- surplus
- unnecessary
- unneeded
- contingent
- excessive
- in addition
- incidental
- inessential
- irrelevant
- leftover
- nonessential
- redundant
- trivial
- all
- conditional; possible
- important, vital
- basic, fundamental
- too much; overdone
- accessory; excess
- unneeded; irrevelant
- related; minor
- not needed or important
- haphazard, chance
- excessive; repetitious
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- object
-
extra
- Supernumeraries,
- ex tension,
- ex-tension,
- ex-tensions,
- gingerbread,
- in addition,
- in store,
- tipper,
- over and above,
- ICER,
- fusser,
- one more,
- in reserve,
- be yond,
- be-yond,
- extra ordinary,
- extra-ordinary,
- fussest,
- gravier,
- graviest,
- icest,
- more another,
- more beyond,
- more button,
- more gingerbread,
- more lagniappe,
- more reserve,
- most another,
- most beyond,
- most button,
- most gingerbread,
- most lagniappe,
- most reserve,
- over above,
- perker,
- perkest,
- re serve,
- re-serve,
- super numerary,
- super-numerary,
- tippest,
- un necessary,
- un used,
- un-necessary,
- un-used.
- dispensable
- necessity, basic
-
immaterial
- apparitional,
- meaningless,
- nonmaterial,
- trivial,
- unembodied,
- wraithlike,
- Asomatous,
- Disbodied,
- Discarnate,
- Irrelative,
- Unfleshly,
- of no account,
- of no consequence,
- dis bodied,
- dis embodied,
- dis-bodied,
- dis-embodied,
- in consequential,
- in considerable,
- in considerate,
- in corporate,
- in corporeal,
- in sensible,
- in significant,
- in tangible,
- in-consequential,
- in-considerable,
- in-considerate,
- in-corporate,
- in-corporeal,
- in-sensible,
- in-significant,
- in-tangible,
- matter indifference,
- matter of indifference,
- meta physical,
- meta-physical,
- more apparitional,
- more asomatous,
- more disbodied,
- more discarnate,
- more irrelative,
- more nonmaterial,
- more spiritlike,
- more unembodied,
- more wraithlike,
- most incorporate,
- most irrelative,
- most spiritlike,
- most unembodied,
- most wraithlike,
- no big deal,
- no never mind,
- non material,
- non physical,
- non-material,
- non-physical,
- of no importance,
- spiritlike,
- un earthlier,
- un earthliest,
- un earthly,
- un embodied,
- un fleshlier,
- un fleshliest,
- un fleshly,
- un important,
- un substantial,
- un worldlier,
- un worldly,
- un-earthlier,
- un-earthliest,
- un-earthly,
- un-fleshlier,
- un-fleshliest,
- un-fleshly,
- un-important,
- un-substantial,
- un-worldliest,
- un-worldly,
- unfleshlier,
- unfleshliest.
- accidental
- extraneous
- residual
- extrinsic
- over
-
random
- Designless,
- Driftless,
- Objectless,
- de signless,
- de-signless,
- in discriminate,
- in-discriminate,
- more designless,
- more driftless,
- more objectless,
- more unaimed,
- most designless,
- most driftless,
- most objectless,
- most unaimed,
- spotest,
- un aimed,
- un considered,
- un-aimed,
- un-considered,
- un-premeditated,
- unaimed.
- surplus
- unnecessary
- unneeded
- contingent
-
excessive
- overboard,
- overkill,
- plethoric,
- unmeasurable,
- Recrementitious,
- too many,
- dis proportionate,
- dis-proportionate,
- in temperate,
- in-ordinate,
- in-temperate,
- more overboard,
- more overkill,
- more plethoric,
- more recrementitious,
- most overboard,
- most plethoric,
- most recrementitious,
- most unmeasurable,
- over board,
- over kill,
- over much,
- over-kill,
- self indulgent,
- selfindulgent,
- sky high,
- skyhigh,
- super abundant,
- super natural,
- super-abundant,
- super-natural,
- un bounded,
- un conscionable,
- un due,
- un duest,
- un measurable,
- un reasonable,
- un-bounded,
- un-conscionable,
- un-due,
- un-duer,
- un-duest,
- un-measurable,
- un-reasonable.
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in addition
- over.
- incidental
- inessential
-
irrelevant
- immaterial,
- not connected with,
- not germane,
- not pertaining to,
- off the point,
- off the topic,
- in appurtenant,
- in apropos,
- in apter,
- in consequent,
- in-appurtenant,
- in-apropos,
- in-apter,
- in-consequent,
- inappurtenant,
- inapropos,
- more garbage,
- more inappurtenant,
- most garbage,
- most inappurtenant,
- most inapropos,
- off point,
- off topic,
- out order,
- re-mote,
- un apter,
- un aptest,
- un-apter,
- without reference.
- leftover
- nonessential
- redundant
- trivial
- all
- conditional; possible
- important, vital
- basic, fundamental
- too much; overdone
- accessory; excess
- unneeded; irrevelant
- related; minor
- not needed or important
- haphazard, chance
- excessive; repetitious
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Other relevant words
- accoutrement,
- adapter,
- adjective,
- adjunct,
- amenity,
- appendage,
- appliance,
- attachment,
- comfort,
- frill,
- indulgence,
- option,
- superfluity,
- opposed,
- acquired,
- advanced,
- casual,
- coincidental,
- complex,
- complicated,
- convoluted,
- detailed,
- developed,
- elaborate,
- excess,
- extensive,
- exterior,
- extra,
- fortuitous,
- high,
- higher,
- intricate,
- outward,
- procedural,
- refined,
- sophisticated,
- subsidiary,
- superficial,
- superfluous,
- superimposed,
- supplemental,
- surface,
- surplus,
- transient,
- unconnected,
- undesired,
- unneeded,
- unwanted,
- Evolved,
- Superadded.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
split down the middle
- Antonyms:
- combine, join.
