Meaning & use

indispensable

adjective·Academic

So important or useful that it cannot be done without.

See it in a sentence

A reliable internet connection has become indispensable for remote workers.

Her calm judgment made her an indispensable member of the emergency team.

A note on using this word

Indispensable is stronger than important; it suggests a task or plan would genuinely fail without that person or thing.

Words with a similar meaning

Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.

Words with an opposite meaning

dispensableunnecessary

Make it your own

Write a sentence using “indispensable”, then compare your use with the examples above.

Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.