Synonyms for essentials
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-sen-shuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈsɛn ʃəl |
Top 10 synonyms for essentials
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for essentials
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