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Adjectives (10)

critical

adj. of immediate importance and consequence: "a critical lack of research funds"

critical

adj. of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism; "critical acclaim"

critical

adj. marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"

critical

adj. being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage"

critical

adj. characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; "a critical reading"; "a critical dissertation"; "a critical analysis of Melville's writings"

critical

adj. at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction; "a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure"; "critical mass"; "go critical"

critical, decisive

adj. forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test"

critical, vital

adj. urgently needed; absolutely necessary; "a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "of vital interest"

Fuzzynyms (41)

bad

adj. having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

adverse, inauspicious, untoward

adj. contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

defective, faulty

adj. having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was defective"

detractive

adj. causing to decrease in importance or value; "detractive influences on the volume of investment"

pernickety, persnickety

adj. characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher"

irreverent

adj. showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists"

impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip

adj. marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"

serious

adj. concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!"

ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid

adj. characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"

momentous

adj. of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event"

fatal, fateful

adj. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events"

strategic

adj. highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war; "a strategic chess move"; "strategic withdrawal"; "strategic bombing missions"

critical, vital

adj. urgently needed; absolutely necessary; "a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "of vital interest"

vital, life-sustaining

adj. 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"; "life-giving love and praise"

strategic

adj. highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war; "a strategic chess move"; "strategic withdrawal"; "strategic bombing missions"

critical, decisive

adj. forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test"

vital, life-sustaining

adj. 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"; "life-giving love and praise"

essential, indispensable

adj. absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker"

fundamental, deep-rooted, deep-seated, ingrained

adj. (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held; "deep-rooted prejudice"; "deep-seated differences of opinion"; "implanted convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a deeply planted need"

Synonyms (2)

pivotal, polar

adj. being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal"

Antonyms (7)

uncritical

adj. not critical; not tending to find or call attention to errors; "a devoted and almost uncritical admirer"

noncritical, noncrucial

adj. not in a state of crisis or emergency

uncritical, noncritical

adj. marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures; "news sources reflected uncritical estimates of the number of juvenile addicts"

noncritical

adj. not critical; not at a point of abrupt change

dispensable

adj. capable of being dispensed with or done without; "dispensable items of personal property"

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