essential (es-sen-tial)
Definition
adjective. impossible to do without
noun. something necessary or indispensable or unavoidable
Example Sentence
Water is an essential fluid.
Synonyms
needed; necessary; vital
Antonyms
not necessary; option
Rhymes
- henschel
- hentschel
- credential
- essential
- potential
- prudential
- torrential
- credential
- essential
- potential
- prudential
- sequential
- tangential
- torrential
- confidential
- deferential
- differential
- existential
- exponential
- preferential
- presidential
- quintessential
- reverential
- confidential
- consequential
- deferential
- differential
- existential
- exponential
- influential
- nonessential
- preferential
- presidential
- providential
- quintessential
- residential
- reverential
- experiential
- jurisprudential
- nonresidential
- vice-presidential
- inconsequential
- jurisprudential
- nonresidential
- vice-presidential