Words Like ESSENTIAL

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

20 Alternative Words Similar to essential

1 Crucial Adjective      Synonym Words Like Crucial
2 Substantive Adjective      Synonym Words Like Substantive
3 Substance Adjective      Synonym Words Like Substance
4 Inessential Adjective      Antonym Words Like Inessential
5 Important Adjective      Related Words Like Important
6 Matter Adjective      Related Words Like Matter
7 Primary Adjective      Related Words Like Primary
8 Basal Adjective      Similar Words Like Basal
9 Constituent Adjective      Similar Words Like Constituent
10 Staple Adjective      Similar Words Like Staple
11 Vital Adjective      Similar Words Like Vital
12 Thing Noun      Synonym Words Like Thing
13 Existent Adjective      Synonym Words Like Existent
14 Pure Adjective      Synonym Words Like Pure
15 Idiopathic Adjective      Synonym Words Like Idiopathic
16 Existence Noun      Synonym Words Like Existence
17 Being Noun      Synonym Words Like Being
18 Need Noun      Hyponym Words Like Need
19 Want Noun      Hyponym Words Like Want
20 Desideratum Noun      Hyponym

9 examples of essential

1 an essential oil
2 the essentials of religion
3 in chess cool nerves are of the essence
4 crucial information
5 an indispensable worker
6 funds essential to the completion of the project
7 a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained
8 allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions
9 the essentials of the good life

10 definitions of essential

1 Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.
2 Hence, really existing; existent.
3 Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment of an object; indispensably necessary.
4 Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence, unmixed.
5 Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones.
6 Idiopathic; independent of other diseases.
7 Existence; being.
8 That which is essential; first or constituent principle.
9 being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc
10 of the greatest importance
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