INDISPENSABLE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for INDISPENSABLE?

Need another word that means the same as “indispensable”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “indispensable” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Indispensable” are: essential, crucial, necessary, key, vital, needed, required, requisite, important, all-important, vitally important, of the utmost importance, of great consequence, critical, imperative, mandatory, compulsory, obligatory, compelling, urgent, pressing, burning, acute, paramount, significant, consequential

Indispensable as an Adjective

Definitions of "Indispensable" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “indispensable” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Absolutely necessary.
• Not to be dispensed with; essential.
• Unavoidable.
• Absolutely necessary; vitally necessary.

Synonyms of "Indispensable" as an adjective (26 Words)

acute	Denoting or designed for patients with an acute form of a disease. Acute patients.
all-important	Of the greatest importance.
burning	Very keenly or deeply felt; intense. Pension reform is still a burning issue.
compelling	Not able to be resisted; overwhelming. The temptation to give up was compelling.
compulsory	Required by rule. It was compulsory to attend mass.
consequential	Important; significant. Consequential damages.
critical	Of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism. The floodwaters had not receded and the situation was still critical.
crucial	Having crucial relevance. A crucial issue for women.
essential	Absolutely necessary; extremely important. It is essential to keep up to date records.
imperative	Relating to verbs in the imperative mood. Requests that grew more and more imperative.
important	Important in effect or meaning. Recited the decree with an important air.
key	Of crucial importance. She became a key figure in the suffragette movement.
mandatory	Required by law or mandate; compulsory. Wearing helmets was made mandatory for pedal cyclists.
necessary	Absolutely essential. They granted the necessary planning permission.
needed	Necessary for relief or supply.
obligatory	So customary or fashionable as to be expected of everyone or on every occasion. A sovereign whose laws are obligatory.
of great consequence	Remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect.
of the utmost importance	Most remote in space or time or order.
paramount	More important than anything else; supreme. A paramount chief.
pressing	Expressing something strongly or persistently. A pressing invitation.
required	Required by rule. Required reading.
requisite	Necessary for relief or supply. The application will not be processed until the requisite fee is paid.
significant	Sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy. No significant difference was found.
urgent	Of an action or event done or arranged in response to an urgent situation. The urgent words Hurry Hurry.
vital	Absolutely necessary; essential. Of vital interest.
vitally important	Full of spirit.

Usage Examples of "Indispensable" as an adjective

• An indispensable worker.
• Foods indispensable to good nutrition.
• He made himself indispensable to the parish priest.
• The routine but indispensable ceremonies of state.

Associations of "Indispensable" (30 Words)

basic	The essential facts or principles of a subject or skill. A basic course in Russian.
central	At the point or in the area that is in the middle of something. The station has a central courtyard.
constitutive	Forming an essential element of something. The state began to exercise a new and constitutive function.
crucial	Having crucial relevance. Crucial to the case.
elements	Violent or severe weather viewed as caused by the action of the four elements. They felt the full fury of the elements.
essential	Of the greatest importance. Essential hypertension.
importantly	Used to emphasize a significant point. More importantly Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his definition of the concrete event itself.
indispensability	The quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without.
inevitable	Invariably occurring or appearing. War was inevitable.
integral	The result of a mathematical integration F x is the integral of f x if dF dx f x. A local motion keepeth bodies integral.
key	Vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key. Ewing keyed a 73 35 advantage on the boards with twenty rebounds.
main	Most important element. By main strength.
meaningful	Communicating something that is not directly expressed. A meaningful explanation.
must	A necessary or essential thing. There must be something wrong.
necessarily	In such a manner as could not be otherwise. It is necessarily so.
necessary	The basic requirements of life, such as food and warmth. The necessary consequences of one s actions.
necessity	A condition that cannot be otherwise, or a statement asserting this. The necessity of growing old.
need	Have need of. A general state of need exists among the homeless.
needs	Of necessity. We must needs by objective.
perforce	Used to express necessity or inevitability. Amateurs perforce have to settle for less expensive solutions.
prerequisite	Something that is required in advance. Sponsorship is not a prerequisite for any of our courses.
primary	Of primary importance. Primary sources.
required	Required by rule. The corset the garment that ensured the required female shape.
requisite	Made necessary by particular circumstances or regulations. The application will not be processed until the requisite fee is paid.
staple	Secure or fasten with a staple or staples. Wheat is a staple crop.
substantial	Strongly built or made. Won by a substantial margin.
substantive	Having a firm basis in reality and so important, meaningful, or considerable. There is no substantive evidence for the efficacy of these drugs.
unavoidable	Impossible to avoid or evade. The natural and unavoidable consequences of growing old.
underlying	Being or involving basic facts or principles. An underlying meaning.
vital	Full of spirit. A vital and charismatic leader.