integraladjective
uk/ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡrəl/us/ˈɪn.t̬ə.ɡrəl/C1 necessary and important as a part of a whole:
He's an integral part of the team and we can't do without him.
Bars and terrace cafés are integral to the social life of the city.
UK contained within something; not separate:
All rooms have a flat-screen TV with integral DVD-player.
The integral garage had been converted to make another bedroom.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Essential or necessary
- a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do idiom
- basically
- basis
- be a question of doing sth idiom
- business-critical
- dependence
- if/when push comes to shove idiom
- imply
- incumbent
- indispensable
- inherent
- interdependent
- needed
- needful
- occasion
- on a need-to-know basis idiom
- owe
- owe it to yourself idiom
- underlying
- warrant
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