adj. 1 indispensable, necessary, requisite, required, important, imperative, vital, material, quintessential A strong defence is essential to peace 2 fundamental, basic, intrinsic, elemental, elementary, principal, primary, key, main, leading, chief Yeast or baking powder is an essential ingredient of bread
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Meaning of ESSENTIAL in English
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