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crucial
extremely important
Synonyms
- essential
- vital
- critical
Antonyms
- minor
- unimportant
- trivial
crucial in a sentence
The final clue was crucial to solving the mystery.
The missing page contained crucial information about the experiment's results.
Where it comes from
From Latin crux, meaning 'cross'; it came to suggest a deciding point.
Memory hook
A crucial choice is a crossroads moment that matters.