indispensable

  • (a) not to be dispensed with; essential
    • foods indispensable to good nutrition
  • (s) absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
    • essential tools and materials
    • funds essential to the completion of the project
    • an indispensable worker
    essential,
  • (s) unavoidable
    • the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state

Synonyms

essential

Antonyms

dispensable

See also

necessary

Words of close approximity

indispensableness