Indispensable

//ˌɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəl//

Synonyms for "indispensable" (69 found)

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Closest matches (14)

Strong matches (21)

Adjective(1 words)
essential

Related words (34)

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Antonyms

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similar

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Translations

91 translations across 33 languages.

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Asturian

1 entries
  • indispensable adj (not dispensable)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • абавязко́вы adj (absolutely necessary)
  • неабхо́дны adj (not dispensable)
  • незаме́нны adj (not dispensable)

Bengali

4 entries
  • অতি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ adj (absolutely necessary)
  • অতি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ adj (not dispensable)
  • অতি জরুরি adj (absolutely necessary)
  • অতি জরুরি adj (not dispensable)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • недопускащ изключения adj (not subject to exemption)
  • необходим adj (absolutely necessary)

Catalan

2 entries
  • indispensable adj (absolutely necessary)
  • indispensable adj (not dispensable)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 必不可少的 adj (not subject to exemption)
  • 必要的 adj (absolutely necessary)

Czech

1 entries
  • nepostradatelný adj (not subject to exemption)

Dutch

3 entries
  • onmisbaar adj (not subject to exemption)
  • onmisbaar adj (not dispensable)
  • onontbeerlijk adj (absolutely necessary)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • nemalhavebla adj (not dispensable)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ehdoton adj (not subject to exemption)
  • korvaamaton adj (not dispensable)
  • olennainen adj (absolutely necessary)
  • välttämätön adj (absolutely necessary)

French

2 entries
  • indispensable adj (absolutely necessary)
  • indispensable adj (not dispensable)

Galician

4 entries
  • imprescindible adj (not dispensable)
  • imprescindíbel adj (not dispensable)
  • indispensable adj (not dispensable)
  • indispensábel adj (not dispensable)

Georgian

1 entries
  • აუცილებელი adj (not dispensable)

German

4 entries
  • ausnahmlos adj (not subject to exemption)
  • grundsätzlich adj (not subject to exemption)
  • unentbehrlich adj (absolutely necessary)
  • unverzichtbar adj (not dispensable)

Greek

1 entries
  • αναντικατάστατος adj (absolutely necessary)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • elengedhetetlen adj (not dispensable)
  • elmaradhatatlan adj (not dispensable)
  • kihagyhatatlan adj (not dispensable)
  • nélkülözhetetlen adj (absolutely necessary)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • ómissandi adj (absolutely necessary)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • indispensabile adj (not dispensable)

Irish

1 entries
  • riachtanach adj (absolutely necessary)

Italian

1 entries
  • indispensabile adj (not dispensable)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • unntakslaus adj (not subject to exemption)
  • unntaksløs adj (not subject to exemption)
  • uten unntak adj (not subject to exemption)
  • uunnværlig adj (absolutely necessary)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • utan unnatak adj (not subject to exemption)
  • uunnverleg adj (absolutely necessary)

Polish

2 entries
  • nieodzowny adj (not dispensable)
  • niezbędny adj (not dispensable)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • imprescindível adj (absolutely necessary)
  • indispensável adj (absolutely necessary)
  • indispensável adj (not subject to exemption)
  • indispensável adj (not dispensable)

Romanian

2 entries
  • indispensabil adj (not subject to exemption)
  • indispensabil adj (not dispensable)

Russian

4 entries
  • незамени́мый adj (not dispensable)
  • необходи́мый adj (absolutely necessary)
  • необходи́мый adj (not dispensable)
  • неотъе́млемый adj (not subject to exemption)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • neophodan adj (not subject to exemption)

Slovak

4 entries
  • neodmysliteľný adj (absolutely necessary)
  • nepostrádateľný adj (not dispensable)
  • nevyhnutne potrebné adj (absolutely necessary)
  • nutné adj (absolutely necessary)

Spanish

4 entries
  • imprescindible adj (absolutely necessary)
  • indefectible adj (absolutely necessary)
  • indispensable adj (absolutely necessary)
  • indispensable adj (not subject to exemption)

Swedish

4 entries
  • omistlig adj (not dispensable)
  • oumbärlig adj (absolutely necessary)
  • oumbärlig adj (not dispensable)
  • oundgänglig adj (not dispensable)

Thai

1 entries
  • ขาดไม่ได้ adj (absolutely necessary)

Turkish

4 entries
  • elzem adj (absolutely necessary)
  • istisnasız adj (not subject to exemption)
  • muafiyetsiz adj (not subject to exemption)
  • zaruri adj (absolutely necessary)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • незамі́нний adj (not dispensable)
  • необхі́дний adj (not dispensable)
  • обов'язко́вий adj (absolutely necessary)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Air is indispensable to life.

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Both air and water are indispensable for life.

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What is indispensable to our lives, along with food and clothes, is housing.

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Air as well as sunlight is, needless to say, indispensable to our daily life.

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