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Synonyms of crucial in English:

crucial


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adjective

1‘a crucial debate on the Maastricht Treaty’

SYNONYMS
pivotal, critical, key, climacteric, decisive, deciding, determining, settling, testing, trying, searching
major, significant, influential, momentous, consequential, weighty, big, important, historic, epoch-making, far-reaching, life-and-death
ANTONYMS

minor

2‘confidentiality is crucial in this case’

SYNONYMS
very important, of the utmost importance, of great consequence, of the essence, critical, high-priority, pre-eminent, paramount, all-important, essential, vital, vitally important, indispensable, mandatory, urgent, pressing, compelling, necessary, needed, required, requisite
ANTONYMS

unimportant