Antonyms for essentials

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-sen-shuhl

Phonetic Transcription : əˈsɛn ʃəl

Definition of essentials

Origin : mid-14c., "that is such by its essence," from Late Latin essentialis, from essentia (see essence). Meaning "pertaining to essence" is from late 14c., that of "constituting the essence of something" is from 1540s; that of "necessary" is from 1520s. Essentials "indispensable elements" is from early 16c. Related: Essentially.

noun necessity, basic

Example sentences :

Nor was he enamoured of any reputation, the essentials of which he had not laboriously achieved.
Extract from : « Agesilaus » by Xenophon

Neither are of her own creation, but are essentials of her being.
Extract from : « The Prodigal Returns » by Lilian Staveley

This incident had the effect of recalling to Thorpe the essentials of the situation.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

The essentials of vineyard management, however, are easily learned.
Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick

Personal attractions were not amongst the essentials she had mentioned.
Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever

That man had been in all essentials but his age just such another man as myself.
Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad

As for the story itself it is true enough in its essentials.
Extract from : « Notes on My Books » by Joseph Conrad

While these are the essentials, it is well to get ready, also, some tinder.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America

In all of these essentials Ni Tsan, who died in 1374, brings us nearer to the Ming period.
Extract from : « Chinese Painters » by Raphael Petrucci

A baby would at least keep on being human and close to essentials.
Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee

Synonyms for essentials

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