Words Like CRUCIAL

We have put together a list of words that are similar to CRUCIAL.

9 Alternative Words Similar to crucial

1 Important Adjective      Synonym Words Like Important
2 Essential Adjective      Synonym Words Like Essential
3 Deciding Adjective      Synonym Words Like Deciding
4 Determinant Adjective      Synonym Words Like Determinant
5 Determinative Adjective      Synonym Words Like Determinative
6 Determining Adjective      Synonym Words Like Determining
7 Critical Adjective      Related Words Like Critical
8 Decisive Adjective      Related Words Like Decisive
9 Material Adjective      Similar Words Like Material

7 examples of crucial

1 crucial ligaments; a crucial incision
2 a crucial test
3 in chess cool nerves are of the essence
4 crucial information
5 a crucial election
6 a crucial issue for women
7 relevant testimony

10 definitions of crucial

1 Having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting.
2 Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive.
3 of the greatest importance
4 of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
5 having crucial relevance
6 Extremely significant or important: a crucial problem.
7 Vital to the resolution of a crisis; decisive: a crucial election. See Synonyms at decisive.
8 Archaic Having the form of a cross; cross-shaped.
9 Having the form of a cross; transverse; intersecting; decussating: as, a crucial incision.
10 In anatomy, specifically applied to two stout decussating ligaments in the interior of the knee-joint, connecting the spine of the tibia with the intercondyloid fossa of the femur.
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