all-important

[awl-im-pawr-tnt] / ˈɔl ɪmˈpɔr tnt /

ADJECTIVE

critical

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crucial dangerous decisive dire integral perilous pivotal precarious risky serious significant strategic urgent vital

WEAK

acute bottom-line climacteric conclusive consequential deciding desperate determinative exceptive grave hairy hazardous high-priority momentous pressing weighty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

certain inessential minor safe secure sure trivial unimportant unnecessary

WEAK

complimentary laudatory praising uncritical

ADJECTIVE

life-and-death

Synonyms

WEAK

consequential critical crucial determining earth-shaking earth-shattering essential imperative important indispensable life-or-death meaningful of vital importance paramount pivotal serious significant urgent vital vitally important

ADJECTIVE

necessary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basic crucial decisive essential fundamental imperative indispensable mandatory needed paramount required significant unavoidable urgent vital

STRONG

binding cardinal chief expedient prerequisite pressing prime principal requisite

WEAK

bottom-line compelling compulsory de rigueur elementary exigent incumbent on momentous must-have name of game needful obligatory quintessential specified wanted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

additional extra inessential minor nonessential optional secondary trivial unimportant unnecessary voluntary

STRONG

insignificant

WEAK

contingent needless useless

Example Sentences

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He points out that Uganda is a post-conflict country where security is all-important.

From BBC

And two, Microsoft is using capacity in its all-important Azure cloud to service the business, perhaps at the expense of other, more profitable work.

From Barron's

The biggest worry for investors was SAP’s all-important cloud unit, which has benefited in recent years from the artificial-intelligence boom.

From Barron's

This is where your backroom staff is all-important, and it is the same at every club.

From BBC

This time the Fed is expected to continue cutting rates: “And if, as I expect, U.S. inflation remains stuck at around 3%, then the all-important real interest rate will continue to decline.”

From MarketWatch

all-important

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