indispensable
indispensable is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Eccl.) Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption. [R.] The law was moral and indispensable. Bp. Burnet.
- 2.Unavoidable; inevitable. [Obs.] Fuller.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- able
- absorbing
- ask
- call
- cannot
- case
- charge
- claim
- command
- create
- crying
- death
- deficiency
- demand
- desiderate
- desideratum
- desire
- destitute
- dispense
- essential
- essentiality
- exaction
- exigency
- exigent
- for
- have
- imperative
- indispensability
- injunction
- instant
- lack
- life
- lose
- make
- mandate
- matter
- necessarily
- necessary
- necessitate
- necessity
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
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Definition-first questions whose answer is indispensable.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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