indispensables
Things you need
Things you cannot do without.
Usually refers to essential items for a particular purpose or situation: Don't forget to pack the indispensables—passport, medications, phone charger.
The word often carries a slight formality or emphasis, as if elevating necessities to a category of their own.
In the early nineteenth century, indispensables was slang for trousers.
What you cannot lack
- basicsFoundational knowledge of something
- staplesSmall metal paper-binders
- must-havesIndispensable requirements
- requirementsNecessary conditions for something
needs · prerequisites · provisions · supplies · requisites · fundamentals · commodities · utilities
Of supreme importance
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- integralAntiderivative or crucial component
paramount · imperative · pivotal · necessary · mandatory · prerequisite · sine qua non · irreplaceable
Foundational building block
- bedrockSolid stone underground
- keystoneArch's central locking stone
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- pillarUpright architectural support
underpinning · backbone · framework · infrastructure · groundwork · basis · anchor · linchpin
necessities
What you cannot lack
- basicsFoundational knowledge of something
- staplesSmall metal paper-binders
- must-havesIndispensable requirements
requirements · needs · prerequisites · provisions · supplies · requisites · fundamentals · commodities · utilities · amenities
crucial
Of supreme importance
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- essentialFundamentally necessary
integral · paramount · imperative · pivotal · necessary · mandatory · prerequisite · sine qua non · irreplaceable · key
cornerstone
Foundational building block
- bedrockSolid stone underground
- keystoneArch's central locking stone
- foundationUnderlying support structure
pillar · underpinning · backbone · framework · infrastructure · groundwork · basis · anchor · linchpin · mainstay
indispensablesluxuries
Non-essential costly pleasures
extras · optionals · superfluities · frills · nice-to-haves
indispensablestrivialities
Insignificant matters
trifles · expendables · disposables · superfluities · incidentals