essential
Meaning of essential
adjective
- absolutely necessary; extremely important.
it is essential to keep up-to-date records
fibre is an essential ingredient of our diet
- (of a disease) with no known external stimulus or cause; idiopathic.
essential hypertension
- a thing that is absolutely necessary.
we only had the bare essentials in the way of equipment
Middle English (in the sense ‘in the highest degree’): from late Latin essentialis, from Latin essentia (see essence).
Information about essential
- The plural form of essential is: essentials.
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Hyphenation of essential
es-sen-tial
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- essential is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
essential synonyms
Meaning indispensable:
Meaning all-important:
Meaning substance:
Meaning substantive:
Meaning necessity:
necessity, requirement, requisite, necessary
Meaning of crucial importance:
Meaning absolutely necessary; essential:
Meaning require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable:
Meaning officially compulsory, or otherwise considered essential; indispensable:
Meaning of great significance or value:
Meaning having a decisive or crucial importance in the success, failure, or existence of something:
Meaning of vital importance; crucial:
Meaning required by law or mandate; compulsory:
Meaning required by law or a rule; obligatory:
Meaning required by a legal, moral, or other rule; compulsory:
Meaning evoking interest, attention, or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way:
Meaning requiring immediate action or attention:
Meaning requiring quick or immediate action or attention:
Meaning of urgent interest and importance; exciting or calling for debate:
Meaning (of an unpleasant or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree:
Meaning more important than anything else; supreme:
Meaning sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy:
Meaning following as a result or effect:
Meaning a thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or exist:
Meaning a thing that is wanted or required:
Meaning a situation that must exist before something else is possible or permitted:
Meaning a condition that must be fulfilled before other things can happen or be done:
Meaning an act of identifying something precisely or of stating a precise requirement:
Meaning a condition or requirement that is specified or demanded as part of an agreement:
Meaning a pass of an examination or an official completion of a course, especially one conferring status as a recognized practitioner of a profession or activity:
Meaning something that is needed or wanted:
Meaning something that should not be overlooked or missed:
essential antonyms
Meaning not absolutely necessary:
Meaning lacking in importance or significance:
Meaning available to be chosen but not obligatory:
Translation of essential
- German: notwendig, unverzichtbar, essenziell, unentbehrlich, entscheidend
- Italian: indispensabile, essenziale, inevitabile, necessario, imprescindibile, cruciale
- Spanish: necesario, vital, imprescindible, obligatorio, esencial, indispensable, necesaria, obligatoria, crucial
- French: nécessaire, essentiel, indispensable, inévitable, crucial
- Portuguese: essencial, imprescindível, crucial
Anagrams of essential
Words that rhyme with essential
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