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essential

The word “essential” has 3 syllables: es-sen-tial

It's pronounced as /ɪˈsɛnʃəl/

What is synonym and antonym for essential?

In the thesaurus, “essential” has 134 synonyms and 55 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for essential along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for essential

Antonyms for essential

  • accidental
  • acquired
  • adscititious
  • advanced
  • adventitious
  • alien
  • amenity
  • coincidental
  • comfort
  • complex
  • complicated
  • convoluted
  • detailed
  • details
  • developed
  • dispensable
  • elaborate
  • evolved
  • excess
  • extensive
  • exterior
  • external
  • extra
  • extraneous
  • extravagance
  • extrinsic
  • foreign
  • frill
  • high
  • higher
  • incidental
  • inconsequential
  • indulgence
  • inessential
  • insignificant
  • intricate
  • luxury
  • needless
  • nonessential
  • nonnecessity
  • refined
  • sophisticated
  • superficial
  • superfluity
  • superfluous
  • surface
  • surplus
  • surplusage
  • trivia
  • undesired
  • unessential
  • unimportant
  • unnecessary
  • unneeded
  • unwanted

Meanings of essential

  • noun
    1. A necessary ingredient.
    2. A fundamental ingredient.
  • adjective
    1. Necessary.
    2. Very important; of high importance.
    3. Necessary for survival but not synthesized by the organism, thus needing to be ingested.
    4. Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
    5. Really existing; existent.
    6. Such that each complementary region is irreducible, the boundary of each complementary region is incompressible by disks and monogons in the complementary region, and no leaf is a sphere or a torus bounding a solid torus in the manifold.
    7. Idiopathic.

Example Sentences

  • Water is essential for all forms of life.
  • It is essential to wear a helmet while riding a motorcycle.
  • Good communication skills are essential in the workplace.
  • Regular exercise is essential for maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
  • It is essential that all participants arrive on time.

On this page you'll find 189 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to essential, such as: abecedarian, accidental, acquired, adscititious, advanced, advantage, adventitious.

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