Indispensable

/ˌɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəl/

Synonyms for "indispensable" (99 found)

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Closest matches (20)

Adjective(4 words)

essentialbasic needsconstant companioncrucial

bare necessitiesbasic bedrockcall forcalled forcardinal central compelling compulsory crucial demanddemand fordemanded desideration desideratum essence

Strong matches (30)

essential essentials focal fundamental imperative importantin demandindicated ineluctable inescapable irreducible

Adjective(14 words)

essential biological functionessential biology conceptessential conceptessential goodsessential ideaessential keywordessential micronutrientessential nutrientessential partessential questionsessential service provisionessential skills prioritizationintegral governorinvaluable

Noun(5 words)

essential life science conceptessential questionessential readingintegralintegral calculus

Related words (49)

irreductible irreplaceable keylife-and-deathlife-or-deathmandatory material mustmust itemnecessaries necessary necessities necessitous necessity needneed forneeded needful obligatory occasion

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of the essenceof vital importanceprerequirement prerequisite required requirement requisite requisitionsine qua nonstaple substantivethe necessarythe needfulunavoidable underlying unforgoable urgent vital want wanted

Noun(5 words)

life sustaining processmost essentialmost essential dataobbligatostrictly necessary

Adjective(4 words)

necessary vitalvital carevital life processes

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

3 entries

allocational criterioncontextual necessitynecessary quality

More specific

9 entries

budget prioritycalibration procedurecore elementcore librarycritical dependencyfundamental componentoperational necessitystrategic assetvital resource

Collocations

5 entries

indispensable componentindispensable elementindispensable factorindispensable resourceindispensable tool

Inflections

2 entries

more indispensablemost indispensable

Derivations

2 entries

indispensability indispensably

Antonyms

1 entries

dispensable

similar

5 entries

critical essential necessary obligatory vital

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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