Essential and Ordinary

Essential

Essential adjective - Impossible to do without.

Ordinary and essential are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ordinary" instead an adjective "Essential".

Nearby Words: essence, essentially, essentiality

Ordinary

Ordinary adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.

Essential and ordinary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Essential" instead an adjective "Ordinary".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Given what we have seen of the lack of options open to ordinary people of the fleet and the need for all those in essential positions to do their duty all the time, one can't help but feel Lee is lucky to have the opportunities he has.
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