Adjective
1. indispensable
2. necessary, essential
3. basal, basic, primary, biogenic, constituent, constitutional, constitutive, organic, must, no-frills, staple, substantial, substantive, in essence, virtual, vital, life-sustaining, crucial, important, important, of import, indispensable, intrinsic, intrinsical, necessary, primary, unexpendable, all-important
4. all important, crucial, of the essence, important, of import, substance
5. matter, substantive
6. unexpendable
Noun
1. necessity
2. requirement, requisite, necessary, thing
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