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Exact Match:

essential

basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"

absolutely required and not to be used up or sacrificed

absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker"

being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc; "essential oil"

Synonyms:

• ab ovo,
• austere,
• axiom,
• bare,
• bare necessities,
• basal,
• basic,
• basilar,
• bedrock,
• bench mark,
• brass tacks,
• call for,
• called for,
• capital,
• cardinal,
• cardinal point,
• center,
• central,
• chaste,
• chief,
• chief thing,
• climax,
• condition,
• congenital,
• connate,
• constituent,
• constitutional,
• constitutive,
• core,
• cornerstone,
• crisis,
• critical point,
• crux,
• deep-seated,
• demand,
• demand for,
• desideration,
• desideratum,
• element,
• elemental,
• elementary,
• elixir,
• essence,
• essential facts,
• essential matter,
• essentials,
• flower,
• focal,
• focus,
• foremost,
• fundamental,
• gist,
• gravamen,
• great point,
• gut,
• heart,
• high point,
• homely,
• homespun,
• homogeneous,
• hypostasis,
• imperative,
• important,
• important thing,
• inborn,
• inbred,
• indicated,
• indispensable,
• indivisible,
• innate,
• inner essence,
• intrinsic,
• irreducible,
• irreductible,
• irreplaceable,
• issue,
• kernel,
• key,
• keystone,
• landmark,
• leading,
• life-and-death,
• life-or-death,
• main,
• main point,
• main thing,
• marrow,
• material,
• material point,
• meat,
• mere,
• milestone,
• monolithic,
• must,
• must item,
• necessaries,
• necessary,
• necessities,
• necessitous,
• necessity,
• need,
• need for,
• needed,
• needful,
• nub,
• nucleus,
• nuts and bolts,
• occasion,
• of a piece,
• of the essence,
• of vital importance,
• original,
• part and parcel,
• pith,
• pivot,
• plain,
• postulate,
• prerequirement,
• prerequisite,
• primal,
• primary,
• prime,
• primitive,
• principal,
• principle,
• pure,
• pure and simple,
• quid,
• quiddity,
• quintessence,
• quintessential,
• radical,
• real issue,
• required,
• requirement,
• requisite,
• requisition,
• right-hand,
• rudiment,
• rudimentary,
• salient point,
• sap,
• severe,
• simon-pure,
• simple,
• sine qua non,
• single,
• soul,
• spare,
• spirit,
• stark,
• stuff,
• substance,
• substantial,
• substantive,
• substantive point,
• the bottom line,
• the data,
• the details,
• the dope,
• the facts,
• the information,
• the necessary,
• the needful,
• the nitty-gritty,
• the particulars,
• the picture,
• the point,
• the scoop,
• the score,
• the specifics,
• the whole story,
• turning point,
• unadorned,
• uncluttered,
• underlying,
• undifferenced,
• undifferentiated,
• unforgoable,
• uniform,
• vital,
• want,
• wanted