Synonyms of indispensable

1 Syllable
keyer, key
2 Syllables
urgent, right-hand, basal, righthand, pointful, grass-roots, basic, grassroots, vital, rooter, needed, crucial, needful
3 Syllables
inherent, required, life-and-death, underlying, earthshaking, essential, cardinal, called-for, primary, integral, bottom-line, life-or-death, earth-shaking
4 Syllables
fundamental, earthshattering, requisite, bottomline, substrative, necessitous, mandatory, necessary, top-priority, all-important, name-of-the-game, coal-and-ice, earth-shattering
5 Syllables
compulsatory, imperative, axiological, applicative, unalienable, prerequisite