Synonyms of bottom-line

1 Syllable
chief
2 Syllables
prime, pressing, urgent, binding, wanted, grass-roots, basic, grassroots, vital, rooter, needed, crucial, needful
3 Syllables
principal, expedient, required, underlying, paramount, specified, cardinal, momentous, compelling, exigent, life-or-death
4 Syllables
compulsory, decisive, significant, fundamental, requisite, bottomline, substrative, mandatory, necessary, all-important, quintessential, name-of-the-game, coal-and-ice
5 Syllables
elementary, obligatory, imperative, axiological, indispensable, unavoidable, prerequisite