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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

Nvidia said its CPUs offer an improvement in performance per watt for Meta’s data centers, which Windsor noted is becoming more crucial to the data-center buildout as worries mount over electrical-grid capacity.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

Providing fans with deep insight of locker room culture, and what it really takes to be among the world's best, is more crucial than ever.

From BBC • 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

These had features in common with codes she had solved before, and they were more crucial to the war effort than the chatter of South American spies.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield