| Main Entry: |
vital |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
essential |
Synonyms: |
basic, bottom-line,
cardinal, coal-and-ice, constitutive,
critical,
crucial,
decisive,
fundamental,
heavy*,
imperative,
important,
indispensable,
integral,
key, life-or-death,
meaningful, meat-and-potatoes,
name, name-of-the-game,
necessary,
needed, nitty-gritty,
prerequisite,
required,
requisite,
significant, underlined,
urgent
|
| Notes: |
the words crucial, essential, and vital cannot be qualified (cannot be more or less...) |
Antonyms: |
inessential, insignficant, trivial, unimportant
|
* = informal/non-formal usage
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