TANGENTIAL Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word tangential. (opposite meanings)

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	central				adjectiveadj
	adjective • in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area noun • a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication adjective satellite • serving as an essential component
	core				noun, adjectiven, adj
	noun • a small group of indispensable persons or things • an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality • the center of an object • the central part of the Earth • the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience • a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill • the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work • (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories • the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place • a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil verb • remove the core or center from
	crucial				adjectiveadj
	adjective • of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis adjective satellite • having crucial relevance • of the greatest importance
	essential				adjectiveadj
	adjective • 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 noun • anything indispensable adjective satellite • absolutely necessary; vitally necessary • of the greatest importance
	focal				adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
	adjective • of or relating to a focus adjective satellite • having or localized centrally at a focus
	key				verb, nounv, n
	noun • metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated • United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843) • something crucial for explaining • pitch of the voice • any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music • a kilogram of a narcotic drug • a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple • a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida • (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 • a list of answers to a test • a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations • a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access • mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock) • the central building block at the top of an arch or vault • a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed adjective satellite • serving as an essential component verb • identify as in botany or biology, for example • provide with a key • vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key • regulate the musical pitch of • harmonize with or adjust to
	main				noun, adjectiven, adj
	adjective • (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence noun • any very large body of (salt) water • a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage adjective satellite • most important element • of force; of the greatest possible intensity
	pivotal				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • being of crucial importance
	principal				nounn
	noun • the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated • the educator who has executive authority for a school • an actor who plays a principal role • capital as contrasted with the income derived from it • (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement • the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account adjective satellite • most important element
	relevant				adjectiveadj
	adjective • having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue