integral | Definition of integral

1 being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing

a car dealer respected for his integral honesty and straightforwardness with customers

Synonyms of integral

built-in, constitutional, constitutive, essential, hardwired, immanent, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrain, ingrained (also engrained), inherent, innate, intrinsic, native, natural

Words Related to integral

basic, deep-rooted, elemental, fundamental

congenital, hereditary, inherited, inmost, inner, interior

internal

characteristic, distinctive, peculiar

habitual, inveterate

normal, regular, typical

Phrases Synonymous with integral

in one's blood

Near Antonyms of integral

alien, foreign

accidental, coincidental, incidental

acquired, adscititious

superficial, surface

exterior, external

Antonyms of integral

adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic

2 impossible to do without

she's an integral member of the team of archaeologists at that dig

Synonyms of integral

all-important, critical, essential, imperative, indispensable, must-have, necessary, necessitous, needed, needful, required, requisite, vital

Words Related to integral

prerequisite

compulsory, mandatory, nonelective, obligatory

consequential, crucial, important, major, material, meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, weighty

basic, central, fundamental, key, organic

insistent, persistent, pressing, urgent

Phrases Synonymous with integral

of the essence

Near Antonyms of integral

undesired, unwanted

inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant

excess, external, extra, extraneous, superfluous, surplus

Antonyms of integral

dispensable, inessential, needless, nonessential, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded

3 not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it

a prep school that adheres to the belief that athletics are essential to an integral life

Synonyms of integral

compleat, complete, comprehensive, entire, full, grand, intact, perfect, plenary, total, whole

Words Related to integral

unabridged, uncut, undiminished

all-out, exhaustive, extensive, maximal

full-blooded, full-blown, full-bore, full-fledged, full-on, full-out, full-scale

Near Antonyms of integral

abbreviated, abridged, cut, diminished, reduced

Antonyms of integral

imperfect, incomplete, partial

Synonyms and Antonyms of integral

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