Antonyms for vital


Grammar : Adj
Spell : vahyt-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvaɪt l


Definition of vital

Origin :
  • late 14c., "of or manifesting life," from Latin vitalis "of or belonging to life," from vita "life," related to vivere "to live," from PIE root *gwei- (cf. Old Persian *jivaka- "alive;" Greek bios "life," zoon "animal;" Lithuanian gyvata "(eternal) life;" Old English cwic, cwicu "living, alive;" Old Irish bethu "life;" cf. also bio-). The sense of "necessary or important" is from 1610s, via the notion of "essential to life" (late 15c.). Vital capacity recorded from 1852.
  • adj essential
  • adj lively
  • adj alive
Example sentences :
  • After all it might be nothing of vital importance, merely a girls' disagreement.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Your National Government has a great and vital role to play.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • America's vital interests and our deepest beliefs are now one.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • To the Roman, the scenic and histrionic were the vital features of a production.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • It is not easy for an Anglo-Saxon to confess the realities of affection in vital intimacies.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • It's astonishing how people forget the vital things, and remember trifles.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • We have adopted this system in all respects but one, and that the vital one.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • But it can do something, and that something is vital and fundamental.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • It had within it a vital and irrepressible element of growth.
  • Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
  • She was still at the age to dream that the night of any dance may be the vital point in destiny.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

Synonyms for vital

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