Synonyms for Indispensable:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • indispensable.
  •basic (adjective)
  • more substratal,
  • most substratal,
  • sub-stratal,
  • substratal,
  • in dispensable,
  • sub stratal,
  • in-dispensable,
  • elemental,
  • most primary.
  •cardinal (adjective)
  • most overruling,
  • fore-most,
  • para-mount,
  • pivotal,
  • more overruling,
  • over riding,
  • fore most,
  • pre eminent,
  • over-riding,
  • over ruling,
  • over-ruling,
  • para mount.
  •essential (adjective)
  • more right-hand,
  • most right-hand,
  • more right hand,
  • more righthand,
  • right-hand,
  • most righthand,
  • most right hand,
  • wanted.
  •fundamental (adjective)
  • more axiological,
  • most underived,
  • most meat-and-potatoes,
  • most substrative,
  • most meat and potatoes,
  • grass roots,
  • most grass roots,
  • more foundational,
  • most grassroots,
  • bottomline,
  • un derived,
  • more sustaining,
  • more meat and potatoes,
  • more substrative,
  • grass-roots,
  • un-derived,
  • most bottom line,
  • most grass-roots,
  • more grassroots,
  • most bottom-line,
  • fundamental,
  • grassroots,
  • more underived,
  • most fundamental,
  • most bottomline,
  • more grass roots,
  • more grass-roots,
  • most sustaining,
  • more bottomline,
  • more meat-and-potatoes,
  • elementary,
  • most foundational,
  • most axiological,
  • more bottom-line,
  • more bottom line.
  •imperative (adjective)
  • importunate,
  • in escapable,
  • in-escapable.
  •inherent (adjective)
  • part and parcel,
  • running the family,
  • running family,
  • running in family,
  • part parcel,
  • integrated,
  • most inbuilt,
  • deep seated,
  • most unalienable,
  • unalienable,
  • un alienable,
  • in grain,
  • in bred,
  • in dividual,
  • in dwelling,
  • un-alienable,
  • in-dividual,
  • most resident,
  • in born,
  • in-grained,
  • indwelling,
  • resident,
  • in-born,
  • more unalienable,
  • more inbuilt,
  • deeprooted,
  • deepseated,
  • in-dwelling,
  • deep rooted,
  • in built,
  • genetic,
  • more resident,
  • in-bred,
  • builtin,
  • built in.
  •life-and-death (adjective)
  • earth-shaking,
  • life and death,
  • of vital importance,
  • vitally important,
  • earthshaking,
  • life or death,
  • earth-shattering,
  • all-important,
  • earthshattering.
  •mandatory (adjective)
  • in-voluntary,
  • more compulsatory,
  • most irremissible,
  • more irremissible,
  • most compulsatory,
  • Irremissible,
  • in voluntary.
  •material (adjective)
  • pointful,
  • more applicative,
  • most pointful,
  • more pointful,
  • most applicative,
  • applicative,
  • ad rem.
  •necessary (adjective)
  • necessitous,
  • crucial,
  • requisite,
  • primary,
  • basal.
  •obligatory (adjective)
  • constraining,
  • compulsory,
  • pressing,
  • inevitable,
  • binding.
  •prerequisite (adjective)
  • pre requisite,
  • of essence.
  •required (adjective)
  • must,
  • inescapable,
  • proviso,
  • inexorable,
  • Stipulated,
  • involuntary.
  •required/requisite (adjective)
  • most condign,
  • most demanded,
  • de served,
  • re-commended,
  • de-served,
  • pre-scribed,
  • more demanded,
  • pre scribed,
  • re commended,
  • more condign.
  •underlying (adjective)
  • rootest,
  • under-lying,
  • more nittygritty,
  • nittygritty,
  • most nitty gritty,
  • most nittygritty,
  • more nitty-gritty,
  • more nitty gritty,
  • most nitty-gritty,
  • nubbest,
  • under lying.
  •urgent (adjective)
  • more top priority,
  • most hurry up,
  • most calledfor,
  • more called-for,
  • more calledfor,
  • hurry up,
  • most top priority,
  • more top-priority,
  • more impelling,
  • most called for,
  • more hurry-up,
  • most impelling,
  • more toppriority,
  • most hurry-up,
  • most hurryup,
  • hurryup,
  • most toppriority,
  • more hurryup,
  • calledfor,
  • top priority,
  • most top-priority,
  • more hurry up,
  • more called for,
  • touch go,
  • toppriority,
  • most called-for.
  •vital (adjective)
  • more underlined,
  • most coal and ice,
  • most life or death,
  • most life-or-death,
  • more coal and ice,
  • most underlined,
  • more life-or-death,
  • most name of the game,
  • namest,
  • under-lined,
  • coal and ice,
  • most coal-and-ice,
  • under lined,
  • more name of the game,
  • more life or death,
  • most name-of-the-game,
  • more coal-and-ice,
  • more name-of-the-game.

• n.

  •
  • needful,
  • important.
  •critical (noun)
  • critical.
  •essential (noun)
  • study at essential,
  • needed.
  •indispensable (noun)
  • obligatory.
  •necessary (noun)
  • at all costs,
  • of necessity,
  • without fail.

• Other synonyms:

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

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.