Essential and Subsidiary

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Essential noun - Something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable.

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Subsidiary is an antonym for essential in topics: necessity, important, basic.

Subsidiary noun - An assistant subject to the authority or control of another.

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Essential is an antonym for subsidiary.

Nearby Word: subsidiarity

main essential

main subsidiary

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