ESSENTIAL Definitions, Synonyms, and Scrabble Information

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essential - anything indispensable
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Scrabble and Words with Friends

ESSENTIAL is a valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
ESSENTIAL is a valid Words with Friends word worth 11 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
ESSENTIAL is a 9 letter word containing the letters a, e, e, i, l, n, s, s, t.

Definitions

essential
noun anything indispensable
the essentials of the good life
essential
adjective basic and fundamental
the essential feature
essential
adjective being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc
essential oil
essential
adjective defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
essential
adjective satellite absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
essential tools and materials
funds essential to the completion of the project
essential
adjective satellite of the greatest importance
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Synonyms

all important, all-important, crucial, indispensable, necessary, necessity, of the essence, requirement, requisite, substantive

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Words that sound like 'essential'

essential, essentially, exigently

Antonyms

inessential

Derivations

essentiality, essence, essentialness

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