vital

vital
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. essential, indispensable, necessary; life-supporting; vivifying, invigorating; alive, live, vibrant, animate; fatal. See life, organic matter, necessity.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Necessary]
Syn. essential, contribute, indispensable, requisite; see important 1 , necessary 1 .
2. [Alive]
Syn. live, animate, animated; see alive 1 .
3. [Vigorous]
Syn. lively, energetic, lusty; see active 1 , 2 .
See Synonym Study at alive .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. living live, life, animate, life-giving, life-supporting, life-sustaining.
2. essential necessary, indispensable, critical, crucial, fundamental, basic, important, life or death, key.
3. vigorous energetic, lively, full of life, spirited, animated, vivacious, vibrant, dynamic, full of zest.
ANT.: 1. dead, lifeless, inanimate. 2. inessential, unnecessary, dispensable. 3. lifeless, sluggish, sickly, tired
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Marked by or exhibiting life: alive, animate, animated, live2, living. See LIVE. 2. Full of vigor: able-bodied, iron, lusty, red-blooded, robust, strapping, sturdy, vigorous. See STRONG. 3. Constituting or forming part of the essence of something: basic, constitutional, constitutive, essential, fundamental, integral. See BE, SURFACE. 4. Causing or tending to cause death: deadly, deathly, fatal, lethal, mortal. See LIVE.

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