vital

Adjective Satellite

• urgently needed; absolutely necessary
  • "vital for a healthy society"
  • "of vital interest"
• 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"
• full of spirit
  • "a vital and charismatic leader"
• manifesting or characteristic of life
  • "a vital, living organism"
  • "vital signs"

Adj

• Relating to or characteristic of life.
• Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
• Invigorating or life-giving.
• Necessary to continued existence.
• Relating to the recording of life events.
• Very important.
• Containing life; living.
• Lively, having vitality
• Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.

Adjective

• Absolutely necessary or important; essential for life.

Examples

• Birth, marriage and death certificates are vital records.
• It is vital that you don't forget to do your homework.
• Placing a triple word score is vital for maximizing points in Scrabble.
• The brain is a vital organ.
• The transition to farming was vital for the creation of civilisation.
• vital energies; vital functions; vital actions

Synonyms

critical, full of life, life-sustaining, lively, above ground, alive, alive and kicking, alive and well, animate, animated, big, central, consequential, crucial, epochful, essential, extant, extraordinary, fatefraught, fateful, fatesome, heavy, high on the totem pole, historic, innegligible, key, kicking, life-or-death, lifely, live, livesome, living, meaningful, necessary, noted, noticeable, observable, outstanding, paramount, pertinent, quick, relevant, remarkable, salient, significant, still with us, surviving, undeceased, unignorable, valuable, vital, vitalic, weighty

Antonyms

mortal

Related Words

devive, revive, survive, viable, vitality, vitals, vivid