Synonyms for vital
ˈvaɪt lvi·tal

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1. vital

   Synonyms:
   living, animate, life-supporting, life-containing, essential, necessary, important, indispensable, inseparable, paramount, material

   Antonyms:
   mortal, lethal, cadaverous, lifeless, inanimate, unessential, unimportant, secondary, separable, immaterial

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1. critical, vitaladjective

   urgently needed; absolutely necessary

   "a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "of vital interest"

   Synonyms:
   decisive, lively, full of life, critical, life-sustaining

   Antonyms:
   dead, unanimated, unessential, inessential, dispensable

2. vital, life-sustainingadjective

   performing an essential function in the living body

   "vital organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss of vital heat in shock"; "a vital spot"; "life-giving love and praise"

   Synonyms:
   life-sustaining, lively, critical, full of life

   Antonyms:
   inessential, unessential, dead, dispensable, unanimated

3. full of life, lively, vitaladjective

   full of spirit

   "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"

   Synonyms:
   spanking, live, resilient, lively, springy, bouncy, snappy, brisk, racy, critical, life-sustaining, merry, zippy, full of life, rattling, alert

   Antonyms:
   dispensable, inessential, unessential, dead, unanimated

4. vitaladjective

   manifesting or characteristic of life

   "a vital, living organism"; "vital signs"

   Synonyms:
   life-sustaining, lively, critical, full of life

   Antonyms:
   inessential, dead, unanimated, unessential, dispensable

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1. vitaladjective

   Synonyms:
   essential, indispensable, very necessary

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1. List of paraphrases for "vital":

   essential, crucial, critical, important, fundamental, indispensable, key, decisive, imperative, vitale, life-saving, necessary, paramount, pivotal, basic, capital, central, major, core, significant

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1. Paul Roth:

   Leonard Nimoy showed a young, nerdy, bullied me that not only could science be important and valued, but it could literally save entire ships, planets, and galaxies of lives, as I grew up, he taught me that reason could be tempered with humor. That learned adults still had more to learn. That feminism and opposing prejudice was vital. And that there is no age too late to reinvent yourself.

2. Karen Kaiser:

   After careful deliberation and exhausting our other options, The Associated Press is taking the necessary legal steps to gain access to these important documents, which will shed light on actions by the State Department and former Secretary Clinton, a presumptive 2016 presidential candidate, during some of the most significant issues of our time, the press is a proxy for the people, and AP will continue its pursuit of vital information that's in the public interest through this action and future open records requests.

3. Adrian Rankine-Galloway:

   Given the extraordinarily complex battle space in these areas, it is vital that Turkey and all partners in the defeat-ISIS effort coordinate their actions closely as we work together to maintain maximum pressure on ISIS and ensure the safety of all Coalition personnel in theater.

4. Carl Jung:

   An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

5. Carlton Waterhouse:

   It’s vital for us to take these formerly contaminated lands and put them to productive use.