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essential - 7 definitions

- noun
1. necessity -- anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"
synonyms: necessity, requirement, requisite, necessary
antonyms: inessential -- anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. essential, essentials --
synonyms: essentials
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
- adjective
3. essential -- absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker"
synonyms: indispensable
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. essential -- basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"
antonyms: inessential -- not basic or fundamental
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. all-important -- of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"
synonyms: all-important, all important, crucial, of the essence
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. essential -- being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc; "essential oil"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. substantive -- defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established; "substantive law"
synonyms: substantive
antonyms: adjective -- relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law; "adjective law"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
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Antonyms
inessential -- anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials"
inessential -- not basic or fundamental
adjective -- relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law; "adjective law"

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