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cardinal

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Main Entry: cardinal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: important, key

Synonyms:

basal, basic, central, chief, constitutive, essential, first, foremost, fundamental, greatest, highest, indispensable, leading, main, overriding, overruling, paramount, pivotal, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, ruling, vital

Antonyms:

inessential, insignificant, minor, negligible, secondary, unimportant
Main Entry: cape
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sleeveless coat

Synonyms:

Vandyke, bertha, capote, cardinal, cloak, cope, dolman, fichu, gabardine, manteau, mantelletta, mantilla, mantle, overdress, paletot, pelerine, pelisse, poncho, shawl, tabard, talma, tippet, victorine, wrap, wrapper
Main Entry: capital
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: main, essential

Synonyms:

basic, cardinal, central, chief, controlling, dominant, first, foremost, fundamental, important, leading, major, number one, outstanding, overruling, paramount, predominant, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, prominent, underlying, vital
Notes: the word capitol is from the Roman Capitoline Hill and the similarity between capitol and capital is purely coincidental; capitol applies to the building and capital to the seat of a government

Antonyms:

extra, minor, nonessential, secondary, unimportant
Main Entry: central
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: main, principal; in the middle

Synonyms:

axial, basic, cardinal, center, centric, centroidal, chief, dominant, equidistant, essential, focal, foremost, fundamental, important, inmost, inner, interior, intermediate, key, leading, master, mean, median, mid, middle, middlemost, midmost, midway, nuclear, omphalic, outstanding, overriding, paramount, pivotal, predominant, primary, prime, radical, ruling, salient, significant, umbilical

Antonyms:

exterior, minor, outside, peripheral, secondary
Main Entry: chief
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: most important, essential

Synonyms:

arch, capital, cardinal, central, champion, consequential, controlling, crucial, effective, especial, first, foremost, grand, head, highest, key, leading, main, major, momentous, number one, outstanding, paramount, potent, predominant, preeminent, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, ruling, significant, star, stellar, superior, supreme, telling, uppermost, vital, weighty

Antonyms:

inessential, minor, secondary, subordinate, unimportant, unnecessary
Main Entry: clergyperson
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: minister of church

Synonyms:

abbey, archbishop, bishop, blackcoat, cardinal, cassock, chaplain, churchperson, cleric, clerk, curate, dean, divine, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, evangelist, father, missionary, monsignor, padre, parson, pastor, person of God, person of the cloth, pontiff, preacher, predicant, priest, primate, pulpitarian, pulpiteer, rabbi, rector, reverend, sermonizer, shepherd, vicar
Main Entry: essential
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: important, vital

Synonyms:

capital, cardinal, chief, constitutive, crucial, foremost, fundamental, imperative, indispensable, leading, main, necessary, necessitous, needed, needful, prerequisite, principal, required, requisite, right-hand, wanted

Antonyms:

accessory, auxiliary, inessential, minor, nonessential, secondary, subsidiary, unimportant
Main Entry: essential
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: basic, fundamental

Synonyms:

absolute, basal, cardinal, cold, complete, congenital, connate, constitutional, deep-seated, elemental, elementary, ideal, inborn, inbred, inherent, innate, intrinsic, key, main, material, meat and potatoes, name of the game, nitty-gritty, nub, perfect, primary, prime, primitive, principal, quintessential, substratal, underlying

Antonyms:

atypical, minor, secondary
Main Entry: first
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: earliest in order

Synonyms:

aboriginal, ahead, antecedent, anterior, basic, beginning, cardinal, early, elementary, first off, front, fundamental, head, headmost, in the beginning, inaugural, inceptive, incipient, initial, introductory, key, lead off, leading, least, number one, numero uno, opening, original, pioneer, premier, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial, primordial, pristine, right up front, rudimentary, slightest, smallest

Antonyms:

final, last
Main Entry: fundamental
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: basic, important

Synonyms:

axiological, axiomatic, basal, bottom, bottom-line, cardinal, central, constitutional, constitutive, crucial, elemental, elementary, essential, first, foundational, grass-roots, indispensable, integral, intrinsic, key, major, meat-and-potatoes, necessary, organic, original, paramount, primary, prime, primitive, primordial, principal, radical, requisite, rudimentary, significant, structural, substratal, substrative, supporting, sustaining, theoretical, underived, underlying, vital

Antonyms:

additional, advanced, auxiliary, extra, minor, secondary, subordinate, trivial, unimportant
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