Indispensable synonyms and antonyms

ĭn'dĭ-spĕn'sə-bəl

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unavoidable
That cannot be avoided; inevitable
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necessary (related)
Logically inevitable:
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needed
Necessary; being needed.
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vital
Necessary to continued existence or effectiveness:
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obligatory
The definition of obligatory is necessary, required or expected as a result of law or social custom.
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de rigueur
Required by fashion; fashionable
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fundamental
Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary.
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important (related)
The definition of important is having great significance or consequence.
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indespensible (related)
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nonessential (antonym)
Being a substance that is required for normal functioning but does not need to be included in the diet because of the body's ability to synthesize it from other nutrients:
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indispensible (related)
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invaluable (related)
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indespensable (related)
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cardinal
Of main importance; principal; chief
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imperative
The definition of imperative is something that has authority or is absolutely necessary.
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integral
Necessary for completeness; essential
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essential (related)
(Biochemistry) Being a substance that is required for normal functioning but cannot be synthesized by the body and therefore must be included in the diet:
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prerequisite
Something that must be gained in order to gain something else
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requisite
Requisite is something that is necessary or required to achieve some goal or do some task.
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sine qua non
Without which not. Something that is indispensable and upon which something else relies.
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superfluous (antonym)
Being more than is needed, useful, or wanted; surplus; excessive
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dispensable (antonym)
That can be dispensed with; not important
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basic
Of, being, or serving as a starting point or basis:
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crucial
Vital to the resolution of a crisis or the determination of an outcome:
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needful
The definition of needful is something that is required.
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essentiality
Essential quality, fact, or thing
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indispensability
The characteristic of being indispensable.
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unnecessary (antonym)
Not needed or necessary.
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redundant (antonym)
The definition of redundant is more than enough or too much of something.
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needless (antonym)
Not needed; unnecessary.
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critical
Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism.
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required
Needed; essential:
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Indispensable Sentence Examples

  • Formerly a friend and disciple of Mazzini, with whom he had broken on the question of the monarchical form of government which Crispi believed indispensable to the unification of Italy, he had afterwards been one of Garibaldis most efficient coadjutors and an active member of the party of action.

  • After a night's sleep the news is as indispensable as the breakfast.

  • Tikhon Shcherbaty was one of the most indispensable men in their band.

  • Perhaps it is even indispensable as a preliminary statement.

  • As this business was to be entered into without the usual capital, it may not be easy to conjecture where those means, that will still be indispensable to every such undertaking, were to be obtained.

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