'Indispensable' definitions:
Definition of 'indispensable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not to be dispensed with; essential; "foods indispensable to good nutrition" [ant: dispensable]
adjective
Absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker" [syn: essential, indispensable]
adjective
Unavoidable; "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state"
Definition of 'Indispensable'
From: GCIDE
- Indispensable \In`dis*pen"sa*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + dispensable: cf. F. indispensable.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Eccl.) Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- The law was moral and indispensable. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Unavoidable; inevitable. [Obs.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'indispensable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bare necessities,
- basic,
- bedrock,
- call for,
- called for,
- cardinal,
- central,
- compelling,
- compulsory,
- crucial,
- demand,
- demand for,
- demanded,
- desideration,
- desideratum,
- essential,
- essentials,
- focal,
- fundamental,
- imperative,
- important,
- in demand,
- indicated,
- ineluctable,
- inescapable,
- irreducible,
- irreductible,
- irreplaceable,
- key,
- life-and-death,
- life-or-death,
- mandatory,
- material,
- must,
- must item,
- necessaries,
- necessary,
- necessities,
- necessitous,
- necessity,
- need,
- need for,
- needed,
- needful,
- obligatory,
- occasion,
- of the essence,
- of vital importance,
- prerequirement,
- prerequisite,
- required,
- requirement,
- requisite,
- requisition,
- sine qua non,
- substantive,
- the necessary,
- the needful,
- unavoidable,
- unforgoable,
- urgent,
- vital,
- want,
- wanted