name-of-the-game

Main Entry:	vital [vahyt-l] Show IPA/ˈvaɪtl/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	essential
Synonyms:	basic, bottom-line, cardinal, coal-and-ice, constitutive, critical, crucial, decisive, fundamental, heavy, imperative, important, indispensable, integral, key, life-or-death, meaningful, meat-and-potatoes, name, name-of-the-game*, necessary, needed, nitty-gritty, prerequisite, required, requisite, significant, underlined, urgent
Notes:	the words crucial, essential, and vital cannot be qualified (cannot be more or less...)
Antonyms:	inessential, insignficant, trivial, unimportant

* = informal/non-formal usage
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