indispensable
- 01 C2 Proficiency
a thing that you must have.
a person or thing that is not dispensable; a fundamental necessity.
Simple“Clean water and basic medicine are the indispensables of life.”
In context“The report lists the indispensables for economic recovery, focusing primarily on infrastructure and education reform.”
Synonymsmust haverequirementAntonyms
“They have realised they are indispensable for regional countries right now and even with Europe and the US they have identified how to engage,” said Shivam Shekhawat, at the Observer Research Foundation in Delhi.”
“China is also positioning itself as an indispensable player in setting global standards for open-source hardware.”
Borrowed from Middle French indispensable, from Medieval Latin indispensābilis, corresponding to in- + dispensable.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.