What is another word for essential?
886 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɪsˈɛnʃə͡l], [ ɪsˈɛnʃəl], [ ɪ_s_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_əl]Table of Contents
Similar words for essential:
- acute (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- bare (adjective)
- basic (adjective)
- basic, fundamental (adjective)
- binding (adjective)
- born (adjective)
- built-in (adjective)
- burning (adjective)
- cardinal (adjective)
- central (adjective)
- characteristic (adjective)
- considerable (adjective)
- constituent (adjective)
- crucial (adjective)
- elementary (adjective)
- existent (adjective)
- focal (adjective)
- fundamental (adjective)
- helpful (adjective)
- imperative (adjective)
- important, vital (adjective)
- inborn (adjective)
- inborn/inbred (adjective)
- included (adjective)
- indispensable (adjective)
- inherent (adjective)
- inner (adjective)
- instrumental (adjective)
- intimate (adjective)
- life-and-death (adjective)
- main (adjective)
- mandatory (adjective)
- material (adjective)
- meaningful (adjective)
- minimal (adjective)
- native (adjective)
- natural (adjective)
- needed (adjective)
- organic (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- pivotal (adjective)
- prerequisite (adjective)
- primary (adjective)
- primary/prime (adjective)
- primitive (adjective)
- principal (adjective)
- pure (adjective)
- real (adjective)
- required (adjective)
- required/requisite (adjective)
- rudimental (adjective)
- typical (adjective)
- underlying (adjective)
- urgent (adjective)
- virtual (adjective)
- all-important (noun)
- basal (noun)
- base (noun)
- basis (noun)
- biogenic (noun)
- burning (noun)
- characteristic (noun)
- compulsory (noun)
- condition (noun)
- constituent (noun)
- constitutive (noun)
- cornerstone (noun)
- essential (noun)
- necessary (noun)
- necessity (noun)
- necessity, basic (noun)
- need (noun)
- of import (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- precondition (noun)
- prerequisite (noun)
- requirement/requisite (noun)
- state (noun)
- unexpendable (noun)
- other synonyms
- necessary
Synonyms for Essential:
adj.
• acute (adjective) • all (adjective) • bare (adjective)- more unornamented,
- unembellished,
- most unornamented,
- meager,
- un-embellished,
- un embellished,
- un-ornamented,
- un ornamented.
- cold,
- ideal,
- inbred,
- meat and potatoes,
- elementary,
- prime,
- connate,
- deep-seated,
- nitty-gritty,
- congenital,
- complete,
- nub,
- key,
- absolute,
- name of the game,
- perfect.
- in separable,
- in grained,
- in dwelling,
- built in,
- part parcel,
- in-separable,
- part and parcel,
- most inbuilt,
- most in-built,
- in-grained,
- builtin,
- more in-built,
- more in built,
- more inbuilt,
- in-dwelling,
- indwelling,
- most in built.
- fore most,
- fore-most,
- over riding,
- most overruling,
- para mount,
- pre eminent,
- para-mount,
- over ruling,
- over-ruling,
- more overruling,
- over-riding.
- centroidal,
- midmost,
- centric,
- out-standing,
- umbilical,
- outstanding,
- mid-way,
- middlemost,
- Omphalic,
- axial,
- inmost,
- nuclear.
- dis-criminative,
- dis-criminating,
- re-gular,
- dis criminating,
- re presentative,
- in-dividual,
- symptomatic,
- re gular,
- most special,
- in dividual,
- dis criminative,
- more individualizing,
- more differentiating,
- most differentiating,
- re-presentative,
- individualistic,
- most individualizing.
- more something,
- more dynamite,
- most dynamite,
- super duper,
- most superduper,
- un real,
- more super-duper,
- most something,
- fabbest,
- most mondo,
- un-real,
- fatter,
- more doozie,
- fabber,
- most super-duper,
- to max,
- most super duper,
- most doozie,
- doozie,
- more super duper,
- more mondo,
- more superduper.
- more constituting,
- more portion,
- most composing,
- most ingredient,
- more ingredient,
- most fraction,
- more forming,
- more fraction,
- most division,
- more factor,
- more division,
- most factor,
- most constituting,
- more composing,
- most portion,
- most forming.
- more high-priority,
- more highpriority,
- more showdown,
- highpriority,
- most high priority,
- most climatic,
- most high-priority,
- most showdown,
- more high priority,
- high priority,
- more climatic,
- touch go,
- most highpriority.
- more abcs,
- meat potatoes,
- un-complicated,
- most foundational,
- more simplex,
- more foundational,
- un-complex,
- uncomplicated,
- more primo,
- un complex,
- childs play,
- be-ginning,
- un complicated,
- child play,
- most beginning,
- more beginning,
- most simplex,
- more uncomplex,
- most primo,
- initial,
- most abecedarian,
- most uncomplex,
- be ginning,
- more abecedarian,
- most abcs,
- preliminary.
- more bottomline,
- more grass-roots,
- most grass roots,
- most axiological,
- more meat-and-potatoes,
- more meat and potatoes,
- most grassroots,
- most bottom line,
- fundamental,
- bottomline,
- more axiological,
- more underived,
- more sustaining,
- more bottom-line,
- most grass-roots,
- most fundamental,
- more substrative,
- most bottomline,
- most sustaining,
- more grassroots,
- most meat and potatoes,
- most underived,
- un derived,
- most meat-and-potatoes,
- grassroots,
- grass roots,
- un-derived,
- grass-roots,
- most bottom-line,
- more grass roots,
- more bottom line,
- most substrative.
- more bettering,
- more caring,
- more serendipitous,
- co operative,
- most bettering,
- more symbiotic,
- most caring,
- most symbiotic,
- in-valuable,
- helpful,
- in valuable,
- more supportive,
- most serendipitous.
- more inbred,
- in-bred,
- more unacquired,
- in bred,
- un acquired,
- most inbred,
- un-acquired,
- most unacquired.
- deeprooted,
- deep rooted,
- un alienable,
- resident,
- running the family,
- in grain,
- integrated,
- running in family,
- running family,
- in built,
- unalienable,
- more unalienable,
- more resident,
- most resident,
- un-alienable,
- genetic,
- most unalienable.
- inner more,
- most viscerous,
- more unrevealed,
- more repressed,
- re-pressed,
- un-revealed,
- sub-conscious,
- sub conscious,
- re pressed,
- most unrevealed,
- most repressed,
- most innermore,
- inner-more,
- more viscerous,
- more innermore,
- un revealed,
- psycho logical,
- intestinal,
- in side,
- psycho-logical.
- trusted,
- inner most,
- inner-most,
- de-tailed,
- pro-founder,
- up-tight,
- up tight,
- pro found,
- pro-found,
- de tailed,
- pro founder.
- earth-shaking,
- earth-shattering,
- earthshattering,
- earthshaking,
- of vital importance,
- life and death,
- vitally important,
- life or death.
- in-voluntary,
- most compulsatory,
- Irremissible,
- most irremissible,
- in voluntary,
- more irremissible,
- more compulsatory.
- more implanted,
- in-wrought,
- more inwrought,
- in wrought,
- most inwrought,
- more natal,
- most natal,
- most implanted.
- matter-of-course,
- more matter of course,
- most matter-of-course,
- most matter of course,
- uni versal,
- uni-versal,
- uni-form,
- un controlled,
- uni form,
- more matter-of-course,
- un-controlled.
- more biotic,
- more plasmic,
- more anatomical,
- most plasmic,
- most anatomical,
- bio-logical,
- most cellular,
- more cellular,
- most biotic,
- more amoebic,
- bio logical,
- most amoebic.
- main,
- prototypical,
- uncomplex,
- nubber,
- Plasmic,
- in keeping,
- underived,
- mandatory,
- central,
- basic,
- pre-requisite,
- incumbent on,
- born,
- in depth,
- intimate,
- running in the family,
- fab,
- in character,
- organic,
- Ingenerate,
- amoebic,
- symbiotic,
- Compulsatory,
- condign,
- solid gold,
- natural,
- underlying,
- natal,
- inwrought,
- indispensable,
- prototypal,
- high-priority,
- climatic,
- constitutional,
- littlest,
- material,
- underivative,
- staple,
- super-duper,
- bare,
- in demand,
- Supereminent,
- bottom-line,
- crucial,
- integral,
- foundational,
- nitty gritty,
- inborn,
- primo,
- characteristic,
- primary,
- inbuilt,
- idiopathic,
- radical,
- smallest,
- hurry-up,
- intrinsic,
- life-and-death,
- cardinal,
- native,
- hanging by thread,
- viscerous,
- typical,
- inherent,
- typic,
- top-priority,
- minimal,
- to the max,
- meaningful,
- least possible,
- mainline,
- urgent,
- simplex,
- innermore,
- cellular,
- second to none,
- systemic,
- super-eminent,
- prototypic,
- touch and go,
- binding,
- imperative,
- principal,
- superduper,
- axiological,
- co-operative,
- meat-and-potatoes,
- good for,
- needed,
- unrevealed,
- serendipitous,
- required,
- constituent,
- looked for,
- acute,
- prerequisite,
- no turning back,
- anatomical,
- minimalist,
- real,
- on thin ice,
- Rooter,
- mondo,
- in-built,
- something else,
- paradigmatic,
- biotic,
- Unacquired,
- inner,
- in the grain,
- important,
- the max,
- INDEPTH,
- substrative,
- unornamented,
- innate,
- pre-eminent.
- most underivative,
- un derivative,
- more underivative,
- un-derivative,
- most primary,
- three rs,
- three r.
- more mainline,
- super eminent,
- most mainline,
- more supereminent,
- un rivaled,
- un-rivaled,
- un-equaled,
- un-approachable,
- un paralleled,
- second-to-none,
- most supereminent,
- most second-to-none,
- more second to none,
- most second to none,
- more second-to-none,
- un-paralleled,
- un approachable,
- in comparable,
- in-comparable,
- un equaled.
- aboriginal,
- austere,
- sinless,
- stark,
- primal,
- guiltless,
- plain,
- chaste,
- untarnished,
- undefiled,
- angelic,
- purebred,
- untainted,
- unadulterated,
- unalloyed,
- unsullied,
- Simon-pure,
- undiluted,
- atomic,
- blameless,
- innocent,
- monolithic,
- unblemished,
- unadorned,
- indivisible,
- clear,
- immaculate,
- simple,
- irreducible,
- nascent,
- honorable,
- faultless,
- spotless,
- decent,
- pure,
- stainless,
- formative,
- clean,
- virtuous,
- uncluttered,
- white.
- pressing,
- Stipulated,
- constraining,
- inevitable,
- proviso,
- involuntary,
- inexorable,
- inescapable,
- obligatory.
- most condign,
- pre scribed,
- more demanded,
- un-avoidable,
- re commended,
- de-served,
- un avoidable,
- most demanded,
- re-commended,
- more condign,
- de served,
- pre-scribed.
- more nitty gritty,
- more nitty-gritty,
- most nitty-gritty,
- most nitty gritty,
- rootest,
- under-lying,
- under lying,
- most nittygritty,
- nubbest,
- more nittygritty,
- nittygritty.
- more hurry up,
- calledfor,
- hurry up,
- more top priority,
- most hurryup,
- hurryup,
- most hurry-up,
- most top-priority,
- most called-for,
- more called for,
- more toppriority,
- most calledfor,
- most impelling,
- more called-for,
- most top priority,
- more hurry-up,
- more hurryup,
- toppriority,
- most called for,
- most hurry up,
- more top-priority,
- more calledfor,
- most toppriority,
- more impelling,
- top priority.
n.
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- healthy,
- well-balanced,
- restorative,
- good,
- healing,
- sensible.
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•
- needful.
- infra structures,
- infra structure,
- infra-structures,
- chief constituents,
- under-pinning,
- primary elements,
- important parts,
- under pinning.
- ex planations,
- pre-supposition,
- pre mises,
- pre mise,
- sub-stratum,
- sub stratums,
- pre-suppositions,
- sub-stratums,
- sub-strata,
- pre-mises,
- pre-mise,
- pre suppositions,
- ex-planation,
- pre supposition,
- ex-planations,
- sub strata,
- principal elements,
- chief ingredients,
- ex planation,
- sub stratum.
- in essence,
- life-sustaining,
- no-frills,
- necessary,
- substantive,
- vital,
- virtual,
- of the essence,
- substantial,
- must,
- requirement.
- in dispensability,
- in dispensabilities,
- un-deniability,
- ex-action,
- un-deniabilities,
- in-dispensability,
- ex actions,
- un deniability,
- un deniabilities,
- in-dispensabilities,
- ex-actions,
- needfulnesses,
- indispensabilities,
- no alternatives,
- undeniabilities,
- ex action,
- no choices.
- nuts and bolts,
- stuff,
- heart,
- brass tacks,
- Groceries,
- bottom line,
- where one's at,
- quintessence,
- fire and ice,
- guts,
- abcs,
- substance.
- qualification,
- pre-requisites,
- vital parts,
- desideratum,
- hard facts,
- vitals,
- hard fact,
- no choice,
- necessity,
- base,
- Desiderata,
- Necessaries,
- origins,
- ought,
- basis,
- cornerstone,
- fixins,
- thumbprints,
- roots,
- needfulness,
- devoir,
- infra-structure,
- principal element,
- needs,
- committal,
- vital part,
- need,
- premise,
- evidence,
- plug in,
- keynotes,
- indispensability,
- plug-in,
- no alternative,
- chief constituent,
- state,
- devoirs,
- requirements,
- inevitability,
- lineaments,
- committals,
- plug-ins,
- condition,
- primary element,
- oughts,
- plugin,
- undeniability,
- Differentiae,
- requisite,
- thumbprint,
- inevitabilities,
- chief ingredient,
- imperatives,
- prerequisites,
- the urge,
- state of affairs,
- important part,
- infrastructure,
- lineament,
- keystones,
- differentia,
- groundwork.
Other synonyms:
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- like,
- Civilizing,
- nutritional,
- salutary,
- wholesome,
- customary,
- archetypal,
- precondition,
- stereotypical,
- peculiarly,
- wonted,
- accustomed,
- conventional,
- therapeutic,
- beneficial,
- normally,
- advantageous,
- typically,
- unbleached,
- time-honored,
- traditional,
- fundamentally,
- edifying,
- medicinal,
- institutionalized,
- usual,
- nutritious,
- historically,
- vintage,
- invigorating,
- textbook,
- stimulating,
- peculiar,
- routine,
- profitable,
- agree with,
- Elevating,
- healthful,
- win-win,
- stripped-down.
-
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- naturally,
- representative,
- primitive,
- ultimate,
- due.
-
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- raw.
Paraphrases for Essential:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
crucial, fundamental, imperative, pivotal, indispensible.
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Proper noun, singular
crucial, fundamental, pivotal.
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Noun, singular or mass
crucial, imperative.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
quintessential, Non-essential.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
absolute, absolutely, all-important, appropriate, compelling, defining, desirable, determinant, elemental, existential, focal, inalienable, indisputable, ineluctable, inescapable, inherent, inseparable, integral, intrinsic, invaluable, irreplaceable, main, mandatory, meaningful, momentous, overriding, peremptory, pertinent, pressing, prime, primordial, prominent, radical, real, seminal, sine, ultimate, unnecessary, urgent, useful, utmost, Life-saving, must-have, pre-eminent, much-needed, unshirkable, business-critical, CONDITIO.
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Proper noun, singular
main, Policies, factors, points, aspects, features, components, highlights.
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Noun, plural
Forms, tasks, components, users, highlights, priorities.
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Noun, singular or mass
crux, main, precondition, prerequisite, substance.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
decisive, inevitable, prerequisite, unavoidable.
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Noun, singular or mass
essence.
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Adjective
Homophones for Essential:
Hypernym for Essential:
n.
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object
must, need, want, desideratum.
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object
Hyponym for Essential:
n.
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object
thing.
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object
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