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vital

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of vital

1 having active strength of body or mind

a man who remained vital well into his 90s

Synonyms of vital

dynamic, energetic, flush, gingery, lusty, peppy, red-blooded, robust, vigorous

Words Related to vital

animated, brisk, dashing, kinetic, lively, punchy, spirited, sprightly, vivacious

energized, enlivened, invigorated, vitalized

firm, fortified, mettlesome, mighty, powerful, puissant, strong

refreshed, rejuvenated, revitalized

able-bodied, athletic, beefy, brawny, burly, fit, hardy, husky, muscular, robustious, rugged, stalwart, stout, strapping, sturdy, tough, virile

hale, healthy, hearty, sound

capable, competent

Near Antonyms of vital

delicate, effete, enervated, faint, feeble, frail, infirm, wan, weak, weakened

impotent, powerless, prostrate, prostrated, sapped, tired

indolent, lackadaisical, languid, lazy

invertebrate, nerveless, soft, spineless, wimpy

ill, unhealthy, unsound, unwell

broken-down, debilitated, decrepit, disabled, wasted, worn-out

Antonyms of vital

dull, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid

2 having much high-spirited energy and movement

the child is vital and active again after being sick

Synonyms of vital

active, airy, animate, animated, bouncing, brisk, energetic, frisky, gay, jaunty, jazzy, kinetic, lively, mettlesome, peppy, perky, pert, pizzazzy (or pizazzy), racy, snappy, spanking, sparky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vivacious, zippy

Words Related to vital

dapper, dashing, spiffy

agog, alert, awake, open-eyed, up, wide-awake

agile, nimble, spry

bright, buoyant, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, chirrupy, effervescent, sparkly, upbeat

eager, enthusiastic, keen

frolicsome, impish, pixieish, playful

boisterous, bubbly, ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited

high-strung, nervous, skittish

Phrases Synonymous with vital

on the go

Near Antonyms of vital

indolent, lazy, unambitious

inert, lethargic, sleepy, sluggish, tired, torpid, weary

apathetic, impassive, phlegmatic, stolid

boring, dull, irksome, tedious

Antonyms of vital

dead, inactive, inanimate, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lifeless, limp, listless, spiritless, vapid

3 impossible to do without

I forgot one vital ingredient, and now the biscuits taste strange

Synonyms of vital

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

Words Related to vital

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 vital

of the essence

Near Antonyms of vital

undesired, unwanted

inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant

excess, external, extra, extraneous, superfluous, surplus

Antonyms of vital

dispensable, inessential, needless, nonessential, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded

4 likely to cause or capable of causing death

received a vital wound in the abdomen

Synonyms of vital

baleful, deadly, deathly, fatal, fell, killer, lethal, mortal, murderous, pestilent, terminal

Words Related to vital

baneful, deleterious, destructive, harmful, injurious, noxious, pernicious, truculent

infectious, infective, pestilential, poisonous, sublethal, toxic, virulent

dangerous, grave, grievous, hazardous, jeopardizing, menacing, parlous, perilous, risky, serious, threatening, ugly, unhealthy, unsound

bloody, internecine, sanguinary, sanguine

Near Antonyms of vital

beneficial, restorative, salubrious, salutary

alleviative, corrective, curative, remedial, tonic

advantageous, beneficial, useful

nonpoisonous, nontoxic, safe

Antonyms of vital

healthful, healthy, nonfatal, nonlethal, wholesome

5 of the greatest possible importance

a matter that is vital to our national security

Synonyms of vital

critical, crucial, key, pivotal

Words Related to vital

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

basic, elementary, fundamental

essential, indispensable, necessary, requisite

pressing, urgent

Near Antonyms of vital

inconsequential, insignificant, minor, trivial, unimportant

6 having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind

after the long, dreary winter, we welcomed the vital rays of the summer sun

Synonyms of vital

bracing, cordial, invigorating, refreshing, rejuvenating, restorative, reviving, stimulating, stimulative, tonic, vitalizing

Words Related to vital

conditioning, strengthening

animating, exhilarating, exhilarative, quickening, sharp

corrective, curative, curing, medicinal, rectifying, recuperative, reformative, reformatory, rehabilitative, remedial, remedying, reparative, therapeutic

beneficial, healthful, healthy, helpful, salubrious, salutary, wholesome

Near Antonyms of vital

deadening, debilitating, draining, enervating, enfeebling, exhausting, numbing, sapping, weakening, wearying

deleterious, injurious, pernicious

insalubrious, noxious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome

Synonym Discussion of vital

essential, fundamental, vital, cardinal mean so important as to be indispensable. essential implies belonging to the very nature of a thing and therefore being incapable of removal without destroying the thing itself or its character.

- conflict is essential in drama

fundamental applies to something that is a foundation without which an entire system or complex whole would collapse.

- fundamental principles of algebra

vital suggests something that is necessary to a thing's continued existence or operation.

- cut off from vital supplies

cardinal suggests something on which an outcome turns or depends.

- a cardinal rule in buying a home

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