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Synonyms for cardinal
adj important, keyAntonyms for cardinal
- additional
- auxiliary
- extra
- inessential
- inferior
- last
- least
- minor
- nonessential
- outside
- peripheral
- secondary
- subordinate
- trivial
- unimportant
- unnecessary
- insignificant
- negligible
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capital
adjective. main, essential
central
adjective. main, principal; in the middle
- axial
- basic
- cardinal
- center
- centric
- centroidal
- chief
- dominant
- equidistant
- essential
- focal
- foremost
- fundamental
- important
- inmost
- inner
- interior
- intermediate
- key
- leading
- master
- mean
- median
- mid
- middle
- middlemost
- midmost
- midway
- nuclear
- omphalic
- outstanding
- overriding
- paramount
- pivotal
- predominant
- primary
- prime
- radical
- ruling
- salient
- significant
- umbilical
chief
adjective. most important, essential
- arch
- capital
- cardinal
- central
- champion
- consequential
- controlling
- crucial
- effective
- especial
- first
- foremost
- grand
- head
- highest
- key
- leading
- main
- major
- momentous
- number one
- outstanding
- paramount
- potent
- predominant
- preeminent
- premier
- primal
- primary
- prime
- principal
- ruling
- significant
- star
- stellar
- superior
- supreme
- telling
- uppermost
- vital
- weighty
chiefest
adjective. most important, essential
- arch
- capital
- cardinal
- central
- champion
- consequential
- controlling
- crucial
- effective
- especial
- first
- foremost
- grand
- head
- highest
- key
- leading
- main
- major
- momentous
- number one
- outstanding
- paramount
- potent
- predominant
- preeminent
- premier
- primal
- primary
- prime
- principal
- ruling
- significant
- star
- stellar
- superior
- supreme
- telling
- uppermost
- vital
- weighty
clergyman
noun. minister
- abbey
- archbishop
- bible thumper
- bishop
- blackcoat
- cardinal
- cassock
- chaplain
- churchman
- cleric
- clerk
- curate
- dean
- devil dodger
- divine
- ecclesiast
- ecclesiastic
- evangelist
- father
- harp polisher
- missionary
- monsignor
- padre
- parson
- pastor
- pontiff
- preacher
- predicant
- priest
- primate
- pulpitarian
- pulpiteer
- rabbi
- rector
- reverend
- sermonizer
- shepherd
- sky pilot
- sky scout
- the rev
- turn-around collar
- vicar
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.