What is "essential" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "essential": anything indispensable

Noun

Hyphenation: es‧sen‧tial

Meaning of "essential": absolutely necessary; vitally necessary

Adjective

Hyphenation: es‧sen‧tial

Meaning of "essential": basic and fundamental

Adjective

Hyphenation: es‧sen‧tial

Meaning of "essential": of the greatest importance

Adjective

Hyphenation: es‧sen‧tial

Meaning of "essential": being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc

Adjective

Hyphenation: es‧sen‧tial

Meaning of "essential": defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established

Adjective

Hyphenation: es‧sen‧tial

Synonyms:

necessary, indispensable, crucial, needed, imperative, fundamental, main, leading, chief, cardinal, capital, requisite, prerequisite, principal, foremost, required, wanted, constitutive, necessitous, needful, right-hand, constitutional, elemental, underlying, key, inherent, main, intrinsic, absolute, prime, perfect, primitive, nitty-gritty, material, primary, ideal, cardinal, cold, nub, principal, basal, complete, congenital, deep-seated, elementary, inborn, inbred, innate, meat and potatoes, name of the game, quintessential, connate, substratal, precondition, essence, requirement, element, condition, fundamental, requisite, principle, prerequisite, must, heart, substance, rudiment, nitty-gritty, guts, quintessence, stuff, groceries, bottom line, brass tacks, meat and potatoes, name of the game, nuts and bolts, part and parcel, sine qua non, ABCs, fire and ice, vital part, where one's at,

Antonyms:

inessential, unimportant, unnecessary, needless, optional, voluntary, nonessential, trivial, auxiliary, extra, minor, subordinate, subsidiary, atypical, secondary, inferior, accessory, learned, inessential, insignificant, nonessential, unimportant, extrinsic, incidental, imperfect, minor, auxiliary, subsidiary, atypical, secondary, acquired, flawed, wrong, accessory, extra, cowardice, fear, auxiliary, trivia, accessory, nonessential, subsidiary, throwaway,