Words Like CRUCIAL
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to CRUCIAL.
    
    
    
        
            9 Alternative Words Similar to crucial
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        7 examples of crucial
           
        
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        crucial ligaments; a crucial incision
    
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        a crucial test
    
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        in chess cool nerves are of the essence
    
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        crucial information
    
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        a crucial election
    
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        a crucial issue for women
    
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        relevant testimony
    
       
    
    
        10 definitions of crucial
           
        
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        Having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting.
    
    
    
 
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        Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive.
    
    
    
 
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        of the greatest importance
    
    
    
 
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        of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
    
    
    
 
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        having crucial relevance
    
    
    
 
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        Extremely significant or important:  a crucial problem. 
    
    
    
 
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        Vital to the resolution of a crisis; decisive:  a crucial election.  See Synonyms at decisive.
    
    
    
 
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        Archaic   Having the form of a cross; cross-shaped.
    
    
    
 
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        Having the form of a cross; transverse; intersecting; decussating: as, a crucial incision.
    
    
    
 
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        In anatomy, specifically applied to two stout decussating ligaments in the interior of the knee-joint, connecting the spine of the tibia with the intercondyloid fossa of the femur.