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crucial
crucial
SEE DEFINITION OF
crucial
WORDS RELATED TO
CRUCIAL
imperative
adjective
necessary
acute
burning
clamant
clamorous
compulsory
critical
crucial
crying
essential
exigent
immediate
important
importunate
indispensable
inescapable
insistent
instant
no turning back
obligatory
pressing
urgent
vital
important
adjective
valuable, substantial
big
big-league
chief
considerable
conspicuous
critical
crucial
decisive
determining
earnest
essential
esteemed
exceptional
exigent
extensive
far-reaching
foremost
front-page
grave
great
heavy
imperative
importunate
influential
large
marked
material
mattering much
meaningful
momentous
necessary
of moment
of note
of substance
paramount
ponderous
pressing
primary
principal
relevant
salient
serious
signal
significant
something
standout
urgent
vital
weighty
indispensable
adjective
necessary
basal
basic
cardinal
crucial
essential
fundamental
imperative
key
necessitous
needed
needful
prerequisite
primary
required
requisite
vital
key
adjective
essential, important
basic
chief
crucial
decisive
fundamental
indispensable
leading
main
major
material
pivotal
primary
principal
vital
life-and-death
adjective
extremely important
all-important
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
main
adjective
principal, predominant
capital
cardinal
central
chief
controlling
critical
crucial
essential
foremost
fundamental
head
leading
major
necessary
outstanding
paramount
particular
preeminent
premier
prevailing
primary
prime
special
star
stellar
supreme
vital
major
adjective
important
big
chief
critical
crucial
dangerous
grave
great
grievous
heavyweight
influential
life and death
main
major-league
meaningful
notable
outstanding
overshadowing
preeminent
principal
radical
serious
significant
star
stellar
top
vital
weighty
major-league
adjective
big-league
big-time
blue-chip
chief
critical
crucial
exceptional
four-star
front-page
grave
great
heavy
high-power
major
notable
playing hard ball
pre-eminent
professional
serious
strictly business
memorable
adjective
noteworthy, significant
A-1
big-league
bodacious
catchy
celebrated
critical
crucial
decisive
distinguished
doozie
enduring
eventful
extraordinary
famous
great
heavy
heavyweight
historic
hot
illustrious
important
impressive
indelible
interesting
lasting
major-league
meaningful
mind-blowing
momentous
monumental
notable
observable
red-letter
remarkable
rememberable
rubric
serious
signal
something
standout
striking
super
surpassing
terrible
terrific
top-drawer
unforgettable
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