| Main Entry: | part and parcel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | an essential part |
Synonyms: |
constituent, element, module, part |
| Main Entry: | built-in |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | included |
Synonyms: |
congenital, constitutional, deep-seated, essential, implicit, in-built, inborn, inbred, incorporated, indwelling, ingrained, inherent, innate, inseparable, integral, part and parcel |
Antonyms: |
added, extra, not included |
| Main Entry: | constituent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | element |
Synonyms: |
board, component, division, essential, factor, fixins, fraction, ingredient, makings, part, part and parcel, plug-in, portion, principle, unit |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | essential |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessity, basic |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, bottom line, brass tacks, condition, element, essence, fire and ice, fundamental, groceries, guts*, heart, meat and potatoes, must, name of the game, nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts, part and parcel, precondition, prerequisite, principle, quintessence, requirement, requisite, rudiment, sine qua non, stuff, substance, vital part, where one's at |
| Notes: | the words crucial, essential, and vital cannot be qualified (cannot be more or less...) |
Antonyms: |
accessory, auxiliary, nonessential, subsidiary, throwaway, trivia |
| Main Entry: | factor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | determinant |
Synonyms: |
agency, agent, aid, antecedent, aspect, board, cause, circumstance, component, consideration, constituent, element, fixin's, influence, ingredient, instrument, instrumentality, item, makin's, means, part, part and parcel, point, portion, thing |
| Main Entry: | ingredient |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | component of concoction |
Synonyms: |
additive, constituent, element, factor, fixing, fundamental, innards, integral, integrant, making, part, part and parcel, piece |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | inherent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, hereditary |
Synonyms: |
built-in, characteristic, congenital, connate, constitutional, deep-rooted, deep-seated, distinctive, elementary, essential, fixed, fundamental, genetic, immanent, implicit, in the grain, inborn, inbred, inbuilt, indigenous, indispensable, individual, indwelling, ingrained, inherited, innate, inner, instinctive, integral, integrated, internal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, latent, native, natural, original, part and parcel, resident, running in the family, subjective, unalienable |
Antonyms: |
acquired, added, external, extrinsic, incidental, learned |
| Main Entry: | integral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complete |
Synonyms: |
aggregate, choate, elemental, entire, full, indivisible, intact, part-and-parcel, perfect, unbroken, undivided, whole |
Antonyms: |
accessory, fractional, part, partial, supplementary |
| Main Entry: | rudiment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | element |
Synonyms: |
aspect, basic, basis, bit, component, constituent, detail, drop*, essential, facet, factor, fundamental, hint, ingredient, item, material, matter, member, part, part and parcel, particle, particular, piece, portion, principle, root, section, stem, subdivision, trace, unit, view |
| Main Entry: | constituent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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