vital
of or relating to life: vital processes.
having remarkable energy, liveliness, or force of personality: a vital leader.
being the seat or source of life: the vital organs.
necessary to life: vital fluids.
necessary to the existence, continuance, or well-being of something; indispensable; essential: vital for a healthy society.
affecting the existence, well-being, truth, etc., of something: a vital error.
of critical importance: vital decisions.
destructive to life; deadly: a vital wound.
Origin of vital
1Other words for vital
Other words from vital
- vi·tal·ly, adverb
- vi·tal·ness, noun
- non·vi·tal, adjective
- non·vi·tal·ly, adverb
- non·vi·tal·ness, noun
- quasi-vital, adjective
- qua·si-vi·tal·ly, adverb
- su·per·vi·tal, adjective
- su·per·vi·tal·ly, adverb
- su·per·vi·tal·ness, noun
- un·vi·tal, adjective
- un·vi·tal·ly, adverb
- un·vi·tal·ness, noun
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How to use vital in a sentence
This houri of Sa'adi would not pause to note the difference in writing; the vitalness of the subject would enchain her thoughts.
The Adventures of Kathlyn | Harold MacGrathBut for it Id not have the wit to perceive the one human being in the world I may know with vitalness: my own Self.
I, Mary MacLane | Mary MacLane
British Dictionary definitions for vital
/ (ˈvaɪtəl) /
essential to maintain life: the lungs perform a vital function
forceful, energetic, or lively: a vital person
of, relating to, having, or displaying life: a vital organism
indispensable or essential: books vital to this study
of great importance; decisive: a vital game
archaic influencing the course of life, esp negatively: a vital treachery
(plural)
the bodily organs, such as the brain, liver, heart, lungs, etc, that are necessary to maintain life
the organs of reproduction, esp the male genitals
(plural) the essential elements of anything
Origin of vital
1Derived forms of vital
- vitally, adverb
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