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more crucial

ADJECTIVE

critical, important

Synonyms

STRONGEST

central compelling deciding decisive essential imperative momentous necessary pivotal pressing touchy urgent vital

WEAK

acute clamorous climacteric climatic desperate dire hanging by thread high-priority insistent on thin ice searching showdown touch and go

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inessential insignificant minor optional secondary trivial unimportant unnecessary voluntary

WEAK

uncritical

Example Sentences

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Getting access to outside capital can be even more crucial for fledgling firms, which have borne the brunt of the private-equity fundraising slump.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

This makes Jofra Archer even more crucial than ever to England.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

As AI workloads shift to inference, or the process of running AI models after training, memory and storage have become more crucial to data centers.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026

The coach praised Yamal for his hard work in terms of pressing and said it was even more crucial than his impressive strike.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

Each passing week made college—or some other break— feel more crucial.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz