essential

Meanings

Noun

• anything indispensable
  • "the essentials of the good life"

Adjective Satellite

• absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
  • "essential tools and materials"
  • "funds essential to the completion of the project"
• of the greatest importance

Adjective

• basic and fundamental
  • "the essential feature"
• being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc
  • "essential oil"
• defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established

Synonyms

all important, all-important, crucial, indispensable, necessary, necessity, of the essence, requirement, requisite, substantive

Antonyms

adjective, inessential