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vital part

NOUN

essential

Synonyms

STRONGEST

condition element essence fundamental must precondition prerequisite principle requirement requisite

STRONG

ABCs groceries guts heart nitty-gritty quintessence rudiment stuff substance

WEAK

bottom line brass tacks fire and ice meat and potatoes name of the game nuts and bolts part and parcel sine qua non where one's at

Antonyms

STRONGEST

extra

WEAK

accessory auxiliary nonessential subsidiary throwaway

NOUN

necessity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

essential fundamental obligation precondition prerequisite requirement urgency

STRONG

call cause claim compulsion demand desideratum duress essence exaction exigency godsend imperative indispensability inevitability inexorableness must must-have necessary pinch privation requisite stress vitals want

WEAK

life or death needfulness no alternative no choice sine qua non undeniability

Antonyms

STRONGEST

auxiliary extra trivia

WEAK

desire

NOUN

requirement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

concern condition demand need obligation precondition prerequisite provision qualification specification stipulation

STRONG

claim compulsion desideratum element engrossment essential exaction exigency extremity fulfillment fundamental imperative lack must obsession pinch preliminary preoccupation prepossession prescription proviso requisite stress terms urgency want

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance auxiliary extra indifference lot nonessential plenty trivia

NOUN

requirement/requisite

Synonyms

WEAK

claim compulsion concern condition demand desideratum element engrossment essential exaction exigency extremity fulfillment fundamental imperative lack must need obligation obsession pinch precondition preliminary preoccupation prepossession prerequisite prescription provision proviso qualification sine qua non specification stipulation terms urgency

Antonyms

WEAK

desire option wish

Example Sentences

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Wall Street jitters about the Iran war spilled over Tuesday into a vital part of U.S. financial markets that typically hum along without a hitch.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

She explains that support networks are a vital part of what adopters and their families need "but it's not the solution by any means".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Operation Epic Fury would in that case be remembered as the Mother of All Lawnmowers, solving nothing fundamental but preserving a fragile balance of power in a vital part of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

But more than acting, she says, dance was a vital part of her identity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

For Kamookak, a vital part of that search was comparing Inuit stories with the logbooks and journals written by the many explorers who had gone looking for Franklin.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

vital part

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