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essential

adjective

absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker"
Synonyms: indispensable Similar: necessary
basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"
Antonyms: inessential, unessential Similar: basal, basic, primary, biogenic, constituent, constitutional, constitutive, organic, must, no-frills, staple, substantial, substantive, in essence, virtual, vital, life-sustaining
of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"
Synonyms: all-important, all important, crucial, of the essence Similar: important, of import
being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc; "essential oil"
applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; "substantive law"
Synonyms: substantive Antonyms: adjective, procedural
absolutely required and not to be used up or sacrificed
Similar: unexpendable

noun

anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"
Synonyms: necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite Antonyms: inessential, nonessential