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key - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: key
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: essential, important
Synonyms: basic, chief, crucial, decisive, fundamental, indispensable, leading, main, major, material, pivotal, primary, principal, vital
Antonyms: insignificant, nonessential, unimportant, inessential
Main Entry: key
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: item that unlocks
Synonyms: screw*, skeleton, latchkey, opener, passkey
Antonyms: lock
Main Entry: key
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: answer, solution
Synonyms: blueprint, brand, cipher, clue, code, core, crux, cue, earmark, explanation, guide, hinge, index, indicator, interpretation, lead, lever, marker, means, nexus, nucleus, passport, password, pivot, pointer, root, sign, symptom, ticket, translation, fulcrum
Antonyms: question
Main Entry: access
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: admission, means of entry, approach
Synonyms: admittance, approach, avenue, connection, contact, course, door, entrance, entree, entry, ingress, introduction, key, open door*, passage, path, road, route, way, in, open arms
Antonyms: egress, outlet
Main Entry: answer
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: reply; reaction
Synonyms: acknowledgment, back talk, close, comeback, comment, cooler*, crack, defense, disclosure, echo, elucidation, explanation, feedback, guff*, interpretation, justification, key, lip*, observation, pay dirt*, plea, quick fix*, rebuttal, refutation, rejoinder, remark, repartee, report, resolution, response, result, retort, return, riposte, sign, solution, statement, vindication, wisecrack, antiphon, backcap, band-aid, counterclaim, parting shot, rhetorical question, thank-you note, the ticket, topper
Notes: an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question
Antonyms: question
Main Entry: basic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: elementary, fundamental
Synonyms: basal, capital, central, chief, elemental, essential, indispensable, inherent, intrinsic, key, main, necessary, primary, primitive, principal, radical, underlying, vital, substratal
Antonyms: additional, extra, nonessential, outside, peripheral, secondary, inessential
Main Entry: central
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: main, principal; in the middle
Synonyms: basic, cardinal, center, chief, dominant, equidistant, essential, focal, foremost, fundamental, important, inmost, inner, interior, intermediate, key, leading, master, mean, median, mid, middle, outstanding, overriding, paramount, pivotal, predominant, primary, prime, radical, ruling, salient, significant, axial, centric, centroidal, middlemost, midmost, midway, nuclear, omphalic, umbilical
Antonyms: exterior, minor, outside, peripheral, secondary
Main Entry: clue
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hint, evidence
Synonyms: cue, dead giveaway*, indication, inkling, intimation, key, lead, mark, notion, pointer, print, proof, sign, solution, suggestion, suspicion, telltale, tip, trace, track, wind, hot lead, tip-off
Main Entry: cue
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: signal to act
Synonyms: catchword, clue, hint, idea, indication, inkling, innuendo, intimation, job, key, lead, nod, notion, prod, prompt, reminder, sign, suggestion, telltale*, warning, hot lead, in the wind, mnemonic, prompting, tip-off
Main Entry: deciding
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: determining
Synonyms: chief, conclusive, critical, crucial, decisive, important, influential, key, necessary, prime, principal, significant
Antonyms: inconclusive, insignificant, secondary, trivial, uncritical, unimportant
Main Entry: definition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: description
Synonyms: annotation, answer, clarification, clue, comment, commentary, cue, delineation, demarcation, denotation, determination, diagnosis, drift, elucidation, explanation, exposition, fixing, gloss, interpretation, key, outlining, rationale, rendition, representation, solution, terminology, translation, analogue, characterization, delimitation, exemplification, explication, expounding, formalization, individuation, rendering, settling, signification, statement of meaning
Antonyms: ambiguity, nonsense, vagueness
Main Entry: fundamental
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: basic, important
Synonyms: axiomatic, basal, bottom, cardinal, central, constitutional, crucial, elemental, elementary, essential, first, indispensable, integral, intrinsic, key, major, necessary, organic, original, paramount, primary, prime, primitive, primordial, principal, radical, requisite, rudimentary, significant, structural, supporting, theoretical, underlying, vital, axiological, bottom-line, constitutive, foundational, grass-roots, meat-and-potatoes, substratal, substrative, sustaining, underived
Antonyms: additional, advanced, auxiliary, extra, minor, secondary, subordinate, trivial, unimportant
Main Entry: guideline
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: direction
Synonyms: clue, code, guidance, guide, instruction, key, mark, marker, precept, protocol, rule, signal, ground rule, standard procedure
Main Entry: indispensable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: necessary
Synonyms: basal, basic, cardinal, crucial, essential, fundamental, imperative, key, needed, prerequisite, primary, required, requisite, vital, necessitous, needful
Antonyms: dispensable, needless, nonessential, redundant, superfluous, unnecessary
Main Entry: island
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: land surrounded by body of water
Synonyms: atoll, bar, cay, haven, key, peninsula, reef, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, shelter, archipelago, enclave, isle, islet
Main Entry: operative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: active, functioning; influential
Synonyms: accessible, alive, crucial, current, dynamic, effective, efficient, functional, important, indicative, key, live, open, operational, practicable, relevant, running, serviceable, significant, standing, usable, workable, working, employable, in force, in operation
Antonyms: inactive, ineffective, ineffectual, inoperative, useless, worthless, unfunctional, unworking
Main Entry: passport
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: identification of origin, country
Synonyms: authorization, credentials, key, license, pass, permit, ticket, warrant, safe-conduct, travel permit, visa
Main Entry: password
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: secret word given for entry
Synonyms: countersign, identification, key, open sesame*, parole, phrase, signal, ticket, watchword, word, key word
Main Entry: principal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: most important
Synonyms: arch, capital, cardinal, champion, chief, controlling, crowning, dominant, essential, first, foremost, head, highest, incomparable, key, leading, main, major, matchless, maximum, outstanding, paramount, peerless, predominant, preeminent, premier, prevailing, primary, prime, prominent, sovereign, star, stellar, superior, supreme, transcendent, unapproachable, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled, greatest, mainline, second-to-none, strongest, supereminent
Antonyms: auxiliary, extra, least, lesser, minor, secondary, trivial, unimportant
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