Vital

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of life: See Synonyms at living.
  • adj. Necessary to the continuation of life; life-sustaining: a vital organ; vital nutrients.
  • adj. Full of life; animated: "The population of the teeming, vital slum . . . declined” ( Rick Hampson).
  • adj. Imparting life or animation; invigorating: the sun's vital rays.
  • adj. Necessary to continued existence or effectiveness; essential: "Irrigation was vital to early civilization” ( William H. McNeill). "A vital component of any democracy is a free labor movement” ( Bayard Rustin).
  • adj. Concerned with or recording data pertinent to lives: vital records.
  • adj. Biology Used or done on a living cell or tissue: vital dyes; vital staining.
  • adj. Destructive to life; fatal: a vital injury.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Relating to, or characteristic of life.
  • adj. Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
  • adj. Invigorating or life-giving.
  • adj. Necessary to continued existence.
  • adj. Relating to the recording of life events.
  • adj. Very important.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable
  • adj. Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life.
  • adj. Containing life; living.
  • adj. Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends; mortal.
  • adj. Very necessary; highly important; essential.
  • adj. Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
  • n. A vital part; one of the vitals.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to life, either animal or vegetable: as, vital energies.
  • Contributing to life; necessary to life: as,vital air; vital blood.
  • Containing life; living.
  • Being the seat of life; being that on which life, depends; hence, essential to existence; indispensable.
  • Capable of living; viable.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. manifesting or characteristic of life
  • adj. full of spirit
  • adj. urgently needed; absolutely necessary
  • adj. performing an essential function in the living body
  • Equivalent
    alive    live    animated    indispensable    essential   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    living    mortal    essential    viable   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Keitel    entitle    lytle    recital    title   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    physical    spiritual    immediate    think    sits    prais    yet    negative    thy    portance