Inessential and Substantive

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Inessential adjective - Not basic or fundamental.

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Substantive is an antonym for inessential.

Substantive adjective - Sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention.

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Inessential is an antonym for substantive.

Nearby Words: substance, substantial, substantially, substantival, substantivized

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