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integral

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of integral

1 being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing
  • a car dealer respected for his integral honesty and straightforwardness with customers
Synonyms of integral

built-in, constitutional, constitutive, essential, hardwired, immanent, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrain, ingrained (also engrained), inherent, innate, intrinsic, native, natural
Words Related to integral

basic, deep-rooted, elemental, fundamental

congenital, hereditary, inherited, inmost, inner, interior

internal

characteristic, distinctive, peculiar

habitual, inveterate

normal, regular, typical
Phrases Synonymous with integral

in one's blood
Near Antonyms of integral

alien, foreign

accidental, coincidental, incidental

acquired

superficial, surface

exterior, external
Antonyms of integral

adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic
2 impossible to do without
  • She's an integral member of the team of archaeologists at that dig.
Synonyms of integral

all-important, critical, essential, imperative, indispensable, must-have, necessary, necessitous, needed, needful, required, requisite, vital
Words Related to integral

prerequisite

compulsory, mandatory, nonelective, obligatory

consequential, crucial, important, major, material, meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, weighty

basic, central, fundamental, key, organic

insistent, persistent, pressing, urgent
Phrases Synonymous with integral

of the essence
Near Antonyms of integral

undesired, unwanted

inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant

excess, external, extra, extraneous, superfluous, surplus
Antonyms of integral

dispensable, inessential, needless, nonessential, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded
3 not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it
  • a prep school that adheres to the belief that athletics are essential to an integral life
Synonyms of integral

compleat, complete, comprehensive, entire, full, grand, intact, perfect, plenary, total, whole
Words Related to integral

unabridged, uncut, undiminished

all-out, exhaustive, extensive, maximal

full-blooded, full-blown, full-bore, full-fledged, full-on, full-out, full-scale
Near Antonyms of integral

abbreviated, abridged, cut, diminished, reduced
Antonyms of integral

imperfect, incomplete, partial

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