Essential Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭ-sĕnshəl
Rooted in the basis or essence
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. basic
  2. fundamental
  3. constitutional
  4. primary
  5. constitutive
  6. integral
  7. quintessential
  8. vital
Absolutely necessary
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. indispensable
  2. necessary
  3. requisite
  4. crucial
  5. required
  6. imperative
  7. vital
  8. all-important
  9. needful
  10. of-the-essence
  11. irreductible
Antonyms:
  1. inessential
  2. unimportant
  3. nonessential
  4. optional
  5. secondary
  6. minor
  7. peripheral
  8. accessory
  9. auxiliary
  10. subsidiary
Of or being an irreducible element
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. basic
  2. elemental
  3. elementary
  4. fundamental
  5. primitive
  6. ultimate
  7. underlying
A fundamental irreducible constituent of a whole
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. basic
  2. element
  3. fundamental
  4. rudiment
Something indispensable
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. requirement
  2. necessity
  3. must
  4. necessary
  5. prerequisite
  6. requisite
  7. condition
  8. basic
  9. chief
  10. need
  11. constitutive
  12. elementary
  13. precondition
  14. fundamental
  15. imperative
  16. important
  17. inherent
  18. integral
  19. intrinsic
  20. key
  21. sine qua non
  22. substantive
  23. vital
Antonyms:
  1. nonessential
  2. throwaway
  3. inessential
  4. trivia
  5. accessory
  6. auxiliary
  7. subsidiary
Basic, fundamental
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. substantive
Antonyms:
  1. atypical
  2. adjective
  3. minor
  4. secondary
  5. inessential
Fundamentally important or necessary:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. indispensable

Words Related to Essential

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. be
  2. part
  3. surface
  4. of vital importance
  5. invaluable
  6. desirable

Essential Sentence Examples

  • That is an essential condition.

  • She knew the essential conditions of the instrument.

  • The English micrometer still retains the essential features of Troughton's original construction above described.

  • Water is everywhere essential to their well-being; and no animals delight more thoroughly in a bath.

  • It is entirely different in all essential features from the great alluvial plains.

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