Antonyms for vital
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : vahyt-l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvaɪt l |
Definition of vital
Origin :- late 14c., "of or manifesting life," from Latin vitalis "of or belonging to life," from vita "life," related to vivere "to live," from PIE root *gwei- (cf. Old Persian *jivaka- "alive;" Greek bios "life," zoon "animal;" Lithuanian gyvata "(eternal) life;" Old English cwic, cwicu "living, alive;" Old Irish bethu "life;" cf. also bio-). The sense of "necessary or important" is from 1610s, via the notion of "essential to life" (late 15c.). Vital capacity recorded from 1852.
- adj essential
- adj lively
- adj alive
- After all it might be nothing of vital importance, merely a girls' disagreement.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- Your National Government has a great and vital role to play.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- America's vital interests and our deepest beliefs are now one.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- To the Roman, the scenic and histrionic were the vital features of a production.
- Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
- It is not easy for an Anglo-Saxon to confess the realities of affection in vital intimacies.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- It's astonishing how people forget the vital things, and remember trifles.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- We have adopted this system in all respects but one, and that the vital one.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- But it can do something, and that something is vital and fundamental.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- It had within it a vital and irrepressible element of growth.
- Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
- She was still at the age to dream that the night of any dance may be the vital point in destiny.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
Synonyms for vital
- animate
- animated
- basic
- bottom-line
- breathing
- cardinal
- coal-and-ice
- constitutive
- critical
- crucial
- decisive
- dynamic
- energetic
- forceful
- fundamental
- generative
- heavy
- imperative
- important
- indispensable
- integral
- invigorative
- key
- life-giving
- life-or-death
- live
- living
- lusty
- meaningful
- meat-and-potatoes
- name
- name-of-the-game
- necessary
- needed
- nitty-gritty
- prerequisite
- quickening
- red-blooded
- required
- requisite
- significant
- spirited
- strenuous
- underlined
- urgent
- vibrant
- vigorous
- vivacious
- zestful
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