| essential | | |
| n. (object) | 1. essential, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite | 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" |
| ~ thing | a separate and self-contained entity. |
| ~ desideratum | something desired as a necessity.; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money" |
| ~ must | a necessary or essential thing.; "seat belts are an absolute must" |
| ~ need, want | anything that is necessary but lacking.; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants" |
| adj. | 2. essential, indispensable | absolutely necessary; vitally necessary.; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker" |
| ~ necessary | absolutely essential. |
| adj. | 3. essential | basic and fundamental.; "the essential feature" |
| ~ crucial, important | of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis.; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women" |
| ~ basal, primary | of primary importance. |
| ~ biogenic | essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes.; "sleep and food and water are among the biogenic needs of the organism" |
| ~ constituent, constitutive, constitutional, organic | constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup). |
| ~ must | highly recommended.; "a book that is must reading" |
| ~ no-frills | characterized by the absence of inessential features.; "he got a no-frills introduction to the job" |
| ~ staple | necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities.; "wheat is a staple crop" |
| ~ substantive, substantial | having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable.; "substantial equivalents" |
| ~ virtual | existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact.; "a virtual dependence on charity"; "a virtual revolution"; "virtual reality" |
| ~ life-sustaining, vital | performing an essential function in the living body.; "vital organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss of vital heat in shock"; "a vital spot"; "life-giving love and praise" |
| ~ indispensable | not to be dispensed with; essential.; "foods indispensable to good nutrition" |
| ~ unexpendable | not suitable to be expended. |
| ~ important, of import | of great significance or value.; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" |
| ~ intrinsic, intrinsical | belonging to a thing by its very nature.; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing" |
| ~ necessary | absolutely essential. |
| ~ primary | of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary.; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" |
| adj. | 4. all important, all-important, crucial, essential, of the essence | of the greatest importance.; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence" |
| ~ important, of import | of great significance or value.; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" |
| adj. (pertain) | 5. essential | being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc.; "essential oil" |
| adj. | 6. essential, substantive | defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established.; "substantive law" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
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