Crucial synonyms

Critical, big, all-important, and compelling are all synonyms for crucial. Minor and unimportant are antonyms of crucial. And here are 45 another word for crucial.

Another word for crucial

1. pivotal

Big, climacteric, consequential, critical, deciding, decisive, determining, epoch-making, far-reaching, historic, important, influential, key, major, momentous, pivotal, searching, settling, significant, testing, trying, weighty, and life-and-death are all synonyms for crucial.

2. very important

All-important, compelling, critical, essential, high-priority, indispensable, mandatory, necessary, needed, of great consequence, of the essence, of the utmost importance, paramount, pre-eminent, pressing, required, urgent, very important, vital, vitally important, and requisite are all another word for crucial.

Crucial synonym statistics

Crucial synonym page has a variety of synonyms that differ in length. 2 synonyms with 3, 5, and 10 letters and 3 synonyms with 6, 7, 12, and 13 letters. 8 synonyms with 8 letters and 7 synonyms with 9 letters.

6 synonyms with 11 letters and 1 synonym with 16, 18, and 21 letters. For a total of 42 another word for crucial.

Crucial sentences

This decision is crucial for success.

Timing is crucial in this situation.

Your feedback is crucial for improvement.

The test results are crucial today.

Related Words for crucial

  1. Conducive
    • Synonyms: good for, helpful to
    • Opposites: unfavourable, detrimental
    • Part of speech: adjective
  2. Instruction
    • Synonyms: order, command
    • Opposites: confusion, misguidance
    • Part of speech: noun
  3. Trivial
    • Synonyms: unimportant, insignificant
    • Opposites: important, significant, life-and-death
    • Part of speech: adjective
  4. Superficial
    • Synonyms: surface, exterior
    • Opposites: deep, thorough
    • Part of speech: adjective
  5. Construction
    • Synonyms: building, erection
    • Opposites: destruction, demolition
    • Part of speech: noun
  6. Association
    • Synonyms: alliance, consortium
    • Opposites: disassociation, separation
    • Part of speech: noun
  7. Infrastructure
    • Synonyms: Framework, foundation
    • Opposites: dismantling, disorganization
    • Part of speech: noun
  8. Essentially
    • Synonyms: Fundamentally, basically
    • Opposites: superficially, insignificantly
    • Part of speech: adverb
  9. Initial
    • Synonyms: beginning, opening
    • Opposites: final, reject, repeal
    • Part of speech: adjective
  10. Social
    • Synonyms: communal, community
    • Opposites: antisocial, reclusive
    • Part of speech: adjective
  11. Appreciation
    • Synonyms: valuing, respect
    • Opposites: disdain, disapproval
    • Part of speech: noun
  12. Influential
    • Synonyms: powerful, authoritative
    • Opposites: unimportant, insignificant
    • Part of speech: adjective
  13. Material
    • Synonyms: things, items
    • Opposites: spiritual, abstract
    • Part of speech: noun
  14. Controversial
    • Synonyms: contentious, disputed
    • Opposites: uncontroversial, anodyne
    • Part of speech: adjective
  15. Cruel
    • Synonyms: brutal, savage
    • Opposites: compassionate, merciful
    • Part of speech: adjective
  16. Destruction
    • Synonyms: demolition, knocking down
    • Opposites: creation, construction
    • Part of speech: noun
  17. Substantial
    • Synonyms: considerable, real
    • Opposites: insubstantial, worthless
    • Part of speech: adjective
  18. Structure
    • Synonyms: construction, form
    • Opposites: chaos, disorder
    • Part of speech: noun
  19. Associate
    • Synonyms: link, connect
    • Opposites: dissociate, separate
    • Part of speech: verb
  20. Associated
    • Synonyms: related, connected
    • Opposites: unrelated, disconnected
    • Part of speech: adjective
  21. Special
    • Synonyms: exceptional, particular
    • Opposites: ordinary, general
    • Part of speech: adjective
  22. Beneficial
    • Synonyms: advantageous, favourable
    • Opposites: disadvantageous, detrimental
    • Part of speech: adjective
  23. Potential
    • Synonyms: possible, likely
    • Opposites: actual, existent
    • Part of speech: adjective
  24. Essential
    • Synonyms: crucial, necessary
    • Opposites: inessential, unimportant, optional
    • Part of speech: adjective
  25. Especially
    • Synonyms: mainly, mostly
    • Opposites: negligibly, nominally
    • Part of speech: adverb