Term: essential
(adj) /ɪˈsen.ʃəl/
Similar to: vital; crucial; critical; necessary; fundamental
Definition: something that is absolutely necessary; a basic part that you cannot do without.
Translation: būtisks, nepieciešams, neatņemams, pamatots
Examples:
“Water and food are essential for all living things.”
“Good communication is essential for a successful team.”
“This cable is essential to connect the computer to the monitor.”
Essential vs. Important
Important: Something that has a high value or should be done (e.g., “It is important to wear a tie”).
Essential: Something that must be done or the whole thing fails (e.g., “It is essential to wear a parachute when jumping from a plane”).
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
essential (adjective)1.
of, relating to, or constituting - essence inherent
2.
a) of the utmost importance - basic indispensable necessary an essential requirement for admission to college
b) being a substance that is not synthesized by the body in a quantity sufficient for normal health and growth and that must be obtained from the diet - dietary protein provides the body with essential amino acids compare nonessential 2
3.
- idiopathic essential disease essential hypertension
1.
something basic - the essentials of astronomy
2.
something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
essential (adjective)1.
impossible to do without
SYNONYMS:
all-important, critical, imperative, indispensable, integral, must-have, necessary, necessitous, needed, needful, required, requisite, vitalRELATED WORDS:
prerequisite; compulsory, mandatory, nonelective, obligatory; consequential, crucial, important, major, material, meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, weighty; basic, central, fundamental, key, organic; insistent, persistent, pressing, urgentNEAR ANTONYMS:
undesired, unwanted; inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant; excess, external, extra, extraneous, superfluous, surplus2.
of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject
SYNONYMS:
abecedarian, basal, basic, beginning, elemental, essential, fundamental, introductory, meat-and-potatoes, rudimental, rudimentary, underlyingRELATED WORDS:
primal, primary, prime, simple; crude, primeval, primitive, primordial, rude, uncomplicated; preliminary, preparatory; crucial, important, keyNEAR ANTONYMS:
complex, sophisticated; complicated, convoluted, detailed, elaborate, extensive, intricate; developed, evolved, high, higher, refined3.
being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing
SYNONYMS:
built-in, constitutional, constitutive, essential, hardwired, immanent, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrain, ingrained ( engrained), innate, integral, intrinsic, native, naturalRELATED WORDS:
basic, deep-rooted, elemental, fundamental; congenital, hereditary, inherited, inmost, inner, interior; internal; characteristic, distinctive, peculiar; habitual, inveterate; normal, regular, typicalNEAR ANTONYMS:
alien, foreign; accidental, coincidental, incidental; acquired, adscititious; superficial, surface; exterior, external1.
something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable
SYNONYMS:
condition, demand, must, must-have, necessary, necessity, need, needful, requirement, requisite, sine qua nonRELATED WORDS:
precondition, prerequisite; advantage, edge, plus; desideration, desideratum, wishNEAR ANTONYMS:
amenity, comfort, extra, extravagance, frill, indulgence, luxury, superfluity, surplus, surplusagegeneral or basic truths on which other truths or theories can be based
SYNONYMS:
ABC(s), alphabet, basics, elements, essentials, fundamentals, grammar, rudimentsRELATED WORDS:
basis, bedrock, cornerstone, foundation, groundwork, keystone, underpinning; nitty-gritty; belief, canon, doctrine, dogma, faith, philosophy; axiom, law, precept, tenet; rule, standard; theoremNEAR ANTONYMS:
details, trivia