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most vital

ADJECTIVE

essential

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basic critical crucial decisive fundamental imperative important indispensable integral key meaningful necessary needed significant urgent

WEAK

bottom-line cardinal coal-and-ice constitutive heavy life-or-death meat-and-potatoes name name-of-the-game nitty-gritty prerequisite required requisite underlined

Antonyms

STRONGEST

additional extra inessential insignificant meaningless minor needless nonessential optional secondary trivial uncritical unimportant unnecessary useless voluntary worthless

WEAK

dead dull insignficant sluggish

ADJECTIVE

lively

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dynamic energetic vibrant vigorous

WEAK

animated forceful lusty red-blooded spirited strenuous vivacious zestful

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dull idle inactive lethargic

WEAK

dead inessential insignficant sluggish trivial unimportant

ADJECTIVE

alive

Synonyms

WEAK

animate animated breathing generative invigorative life-giving live living quickening

Antonyms

WEAK

dead dull inessential insignficant sluggish trivial unimportant

Example Sentences

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More than a dozen pediatricians interviewed by ProPublica said they strongly recommend all three of the typical newborn interventions but agreed that the vitamin K shot is the most vital.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

Oil prices whipsawed after Trump’s announcement before moving higher, as traders tried to gauge whether the plan would restart shipping through one of the world’s most vital energy chokepoints—or escalate tensions with Tehran.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

“Media consolidation has already weakened one of America’s most vital global industries,” the group said, “one that has long shaped culture and connected people around the world.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Only 77 ships have so far crossed the Strait of Hormuz in March as the Mideast war disrupts one of the world's most vital shipping routes, a maritime data firm reported Friday.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Confronted by the most vital intellectual currents of the time, his genius was immediately recognized by his teachers—one of whom introduced the young man to the dangerous mysteries of the Co- pernican hypothesis.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan