Definition of INDISPENSABLE

indispensable

Meanings

Plural: indispensables

Adjective

  • not to be dispensed with; essential
    • "foods indispensable to good nutrition"

Adjective Satellite

  • absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
    • "an indispensable worker"
  • unavoidable
    • "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state"

Adj

  • Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules.
  • Unbendable, that cannot be set aside or ignored.
  • Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without.

Noun

  • A thing that is not dispensable; a necessity.
  • Trousers.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French indispensable, from Medieval Latin indispensābilis, corresponding to in- + dispensable.

Synonyms

essential

Antonyms

dispensable

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