Definition for Indispensable:

• absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; " essential tools and materials"; " funds essential to the completion of the project"; " an indispensable worker"

Synonyms for Indispensable:

• adj.

  •life-and-death (adjective)
  • of vital importance.
  •necessary (adjective)
  • necessitous,
  • basal,
  • primary,
  • crucial,
  • requisite,
  • fundamental.
  •obligatory (adjective)
  • constraining,
  • compulsory,
  • pressing,
  • inevitable,
  • binding.
  •required (adjective)
  • must,
  • inescapable,
  • proviso,
  • inexorable,
  • Stipulated,
  • involuntary.

• n.

  •
  • needful,
  • important.
  •essential (noun)
  • needed.
  •indispensable (noun)
  • obligatory,
  • critical.

• Other synonyms:

  •necessary
  • staple,
  • want,
  • need,
  • have.
  •Other relevant words:
  • inbred,
  • expenses,
  • needs,
  • real,
  • provisions,
  • disqualify,
  • elementary,
  • indispensableness,
  • irreducible,
  • call for,
  • focal,
  • compulsion,
  • subjective,
  • breeches,
  • compelling,
  • emergency,
  • Indicated,
  • exigent,
  • quintessential,
  • indispose,
  • pants,
  • principal,
  • Desideration,
  • bedrock,
  • constraint,
  • ineluctable,
  • occasion,
  • essentials,
  • helpful,
  • existent,
  • unavoidable,
  • trousers,
  • Necessities,
  • ingrained,
  • pivotal,
  • inwrought,
  • obligation,
  • of the essence,
  • elemental,
  • animated,
  • panties,
  • chief,
  • exigency,
  • irreplaceable,
  • lack,
  • distress,
  • central,
  • high-priority,
  • inborn,
  • sine qua non,
  • knickers,
  • wanted,
  • requirement,
  • demand,
  • Demanded,
  • substantive,
  • obbligato,
  • main,
  • bounden,
  • called for,
  • Necessaries,
  • idiopathic,
  • essence,
  • requisition,
  • innate,
  • hesitation,
  • incumbent,
  • in demand,
  • desideratum,
  • delay,
  • must-have.

Paraphrases for Indispensable:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    crucial, imperative, indispensible, critical.
  • Proper noun, singular
    critical.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    imperative.
  • Verb, past participle
    indispensible.

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    dispensable.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    integral, inseparable, needed, must-have, ineluctable, indivisible, indisputable, important, absolute, inestimable, priceless, unshirkable, irreparable, sine, desirable, mandatory, urgent, basic, undeniable, obligatory, indissoluble, compelling, central, paramount, indissociable, insurmountable, all-important, inextricable, must-see, compulsory, much-needed, bounden, overriding, overarching.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    necessity, precondition, requirement, pre-requisite, much-needed.
  • Adverb
    necessarily.
  • Verb, past tense
    called.
  • Verb, past participle
    warranted, based, given, expected, Urged, called, stressed, Carried, requested, done, needed, imperatives.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    irreplaceable, inescapable, inevitable, inalienable, prerequisite, fundamental, instrumental, pivotal, valuable.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    prerequisite, indispensability.
  • Verb, past tense
    needed.

Antonyms for Indispensable:

• adj.

  • all
    dispensable.
  • necessary
    auxiliary, needless, unimportant, extra, unnecessary, additional, trivial, nonessential, superfluous, inessential, redundant, secondary, minor.
  • Other antonyms:
    optional, Superadded, external, fortuitous, undesired, surplus, incidental, supplemental, outward, unwanted, insignificant, excess, casual, extraneous, inconsequential, subsidiary, unconnected, transient, unneeded, superimposed, accidental, superficial, extrinsic.