| ADJECTIVE | all | essential, indispensable | absolutely necessary |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | essential | basic and fundamental | |
| all | essential, all-important, all important, crucial, of the essence | of the greatest importance | |
| pert | essential | being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc | |
| all | essential, substantive | defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established | |
| NOUN | object | essential, necessity, requirement, requisite, necessary | anything indispensable / indispensable |
| Sounds | ahseh'nchahl; ihseh'nshahl; iyseh'nchahl; iyseh'nshahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | absolutely necessary; vitally necessary. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonym | indispensable | |
| Broader | necessary | absolutely essential |
| Spanish | esencial, imprescindible, indispensable | |
| Catalan | essencial, imprescindible, indispensable | |
| Nouns | essential | anything indispensable / indispensable |
| essentialness | basic importance | |
| Meaning | Basic and fundamental. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the essential feature" | |
| Attribute of | essentiality, essentialness | Basic importance |
| Narrower | biogenic | Essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes |
| constituent, constitutional, constitutive, organic | Constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) | |
| must | Highly recommended | |
| no-frills | Characterized by the absence of inessential features | |
| staple | Necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities | |
| substantial, substantive | Having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable | |
| virtual | Existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact | |
| vital, life-sustaining | Performing an essential function in the living body | |
| See also | crucial, important | Of extreme / extreme importance |
| important, of import | Of great significance / significance or value | |
| indispensable | not to be dispensed with | |
| intrinsic, intrinsical | belonging to a thing by its very nature | |
| necessary | absolutely essential | |
| primary | Of first rank or importance or value | |
| unexpendable | not suitable to be expended / expended | |
| Opposite | inessential, unessential | not basic or fundamental |
| Spanish | esencial | |
| Catalan | essencial | |
| Nouns | essentiality, essentialness | basic importance |
| Adverbs | essentially | in essence |
| Meaning | Of the greatest importance. | |
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| Synonyms | all-important, all important, crucial, of the essence | |
| Broader | important, of import | Of great significance / significance or value |
| Spanish | crucial, esencial | |
| Catalan | essencial | |
| Nouns | essence | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |
| essentiality, essentialness | basic importance | |
| Meaning | Being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc. | |
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| Example | "essential oil" | |
| Spanish | esencial | |
| Catalan | essencial | |
| Nouns | essence | any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted |
| essentialness | basic importance | |
| Meaning | Defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | substantive | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Opposite | adjective, procedural | Relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law |
| Spanish | esencial, sustancial, sustantivo | |
| Catalan | essencial | |
| Nouns | essentialness | basic importance |
| Meaning | Anything indispensable / indispensable. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the essentials of the good life" | |
| Synonyms | necessity, requirement, requisite, necessary | |
| Narrower | desideratum | Something desired as a necessity |
| must | A necessary or essential thing | |
| need, want | Anything that is necessary but lacking | |
| Broader | thing | A separate and self-contained entity |
| Opposite | inessential, nonessential | Anything that is not essential |
| Spanish | cosa indispensable, menester, necesidad, requerimiento, requisito | |
| Catalan | cosa indispensable, menester, requeriment, requisit | |
| Adjectives | essential | absolutely necessary |
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