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crucial

adjective

of the greatest possible importance

Synonyms of crucial

critical, key, pivotal, vital

Words Related to crucial

decisive, life-and-death (also life-or-death), weighty

Near Antonyms of crucial

inconsequential, insignificant, minor, trivial, unimportant

acute, critical, crucial mean of uncertain outcome. acute stresses intensification of conditions leading to a culmination or breaking point.

critical adds to acute implications of imminent change, of attendant suspense, and of decisiveness in the outcome.

crucial suggests a dividing of the ways and often a test or trial involving the determination of a future course or direction.

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