essential

/ɛsˈɛnʃəl/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
   “essential tools and materials”
2. basic and fundamental
   “the essential feature”
3. of the greatest importance
   “the all-important subject of disarmament”
4. being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc
   “essential oil”
5. defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
   “substantive law”

noun

1. anything indispensable
   “food and shelter are necessities of life”

Synonyms for essential

• indispensable
• necessary
• biogenic
• constituent
• must
• no-frills
• staple
• substantial
• virtual
• vital
• all-important
• all important
• crucial
• of the essence
• important
• substantive
• necessity
• requirement
• requisite

Antonyms of essential

• inessential

Words that rhyme with essential

• differential
• inferential
• confidential
• potential
• existential
• providential
• torrential
• experiential
• exponential
• nonessential
• presidential
• residential
• tangential
• consequential
• credential
• influential
• jurisprudential
• nonresidential
• preferential
• prudential
• quintessential
• reverential
• sequential
• henschel