KEY Synonyms

• basic and fundamental

• being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc

• defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established

• anything indispensable

• absolutely necessary; vitally necessary

• of the greatest importance

• of great significance or value

• important in effect or meaning

• of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis

• having authority or ascendancy or influence

• having or suggesting a consciousness of high position

• absolutely essential

• anything indispensable

• unavoidably determined by prior circumstances

• important in effect or meaning

• too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation

• of considerable importance, size, or worth

• rich in significance or implication

• urgently needed; absolutely necessary

• performing an essential function in the living body

• full of spirit; full of life

• manifesting or characteristic of life

• being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order

• (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes

• the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order

• a variable color averaging a vivid red

• crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

• serving as an essential component

• a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

• in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area

• a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

• serving as an essential component

• give a description of

• to give an account or representation of in words

• make a mark or lines on a surface

• identify as in botany or biology, for example

• discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes

• get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

• make a discovery, make a new finding

• find unexpectedly

• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

• see for the first time; make a discovery

• identify as in botany or biology, for example

• mark as different

• detect with the senses

• be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense

• make conspicuous or noteworthy

• identify as in botany or biology, for example

• any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business

• the lowest tone of a harmonic series

• serving as an essential component

• being or involving basic facts or principles

• far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something

• the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

• a stone that is used to mark a grave

• recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something

• give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property

• consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else

• conceive of as united or associated

• identify as in botany or biology, for example

• consider to be equal or the same

• a central cohesive source of support and stability

• the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

• one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

• a language unit by which a person or thing is known

• a person's reputation

• family based on male descent

• a well-known or notable person

• by the sanction or authority of

• a defamatory or abusive word or phrase

• assign a specified (usually proper) name to

• give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property

• charge with a function; charge to be

• create and charge with a task or function

• mention and identify by name

• make reference to

• identify as in botany or biology, for example

• give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of

• determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis

• a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

• (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

• makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks

• make a painting

• apply paint to; coat with paint

• make a painting of

• apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil

• serving as an essential component

• having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state