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Nouns (5)

n. a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables

n. paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together

n. (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

n. a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn; "staple fibers vary widely in length"

Verbs (1)

staple

v. secure or fasten with a staple or staples; "staple the papers together"

Adverbs (0)

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Adjectives (1)

staple

adj. necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities; "wheat is a staple crop"

Fuzzynyms (17)

need, want

n. anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants"

fundamental

n. any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business; "fundamentals include a company's growth, revenues, earnings, management, and capital structure"

first

adj. preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"

primary

adj. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"

direct

adj. moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)

adj. most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch"

cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal

adj. serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

indispensable

adj. unavoidable; "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state"

Synonyms (12)

basal, primary

adj. of primary importance

biogenic

adj. essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes; "sleep and food and water are among the biogenic needs of the organism"

constituent(a), constitutional, constitutive(a), organic

adj. constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)

must(a)

adj. highly recommended; "a book that is must reading"

substantial, substantive

adj. having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable; "substantial equivalents"

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"

Antonyms (2)

extra

n. an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis)

unstaple

v. take the staples off; "unstaple the piece of paper from the receipt"

unitary > inaugurate > obsessive > cockcrow > nettlesome > merry > pull along > staple

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