essential
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
anything indispensable
food and shelter are necessities of life
Types & categories
- thing hypernym
- desideratum hyponym
- must hyponym
- need hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
essential tools and materials
Related & opposite
- essentiality derivation
- vitalness derivation
- essential derivation
- necessary similar to
Sense 3 adjective
basic and fundamental
the essential feature
Related & opposite
- crucial also see
- indispensable also see
- unexpendable also see
- important also see
- intrinsic also see
- necessary also see
- primary also see
- inessential antonym
- essentiality attribute
- essentiality derivation
- basal similar to
- biogenic similar to
- constituenta similar to
- musta similar to
- no-frillsa similar to
- staple similar to
- substantive similar to
- virtuala similar to
- life-sustaining similar to
Sense 4 adjective
of the greatest importance
the all-important subject of disarmament
Related & opposite
- essentiality derivation
- essence derivation
- criticality derivation
- important similar to
Sense 5 adjective
being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc
essential oil
Related & opposite
- essentiality derivation
- essence derivation
- essence pertains to
Sense 6 adjective
defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
substantive law
Related & opposite
- adjective antonym
- essentiality derivation
- law domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | inessential |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | need |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | necessary |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | essential |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | requisite |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | needy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | thing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | desideratum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | must |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | need |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | essentiality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vitalness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | essential |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | necessary |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | crucial |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | indispensable |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | unexpendable |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | important |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | intrinsic |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | necessary |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | primary |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | inessential |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | essentiality |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | essentiality |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | basal |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | biogenic |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | constituenta |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | musta |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | no-frillsa |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | staple |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | substantive |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | virtuala |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | life-sustaining |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | essentiality |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | essence |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | criticality |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | important |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | essentiality |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | essence |
| 5 | pertains to | Related & opposite | essence |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | adjective |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | essentiality |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |