Better Words for Important: Formal and Professional Alternatives
The best alternative depends on whether you mean necessary, influential, urgent, or measurable.
핵심 설명
• Use essential for something necessary.
• Use crucial for something decisive.
• Use significant for a noticeable effect or result.
• Use critical for a high-priority condition.
예문
Clear communication is essential.
Timing was crucial to the launch.
빠른 비교
자주 하는 실수
Do not treat every important item as critical; critical implies higher stakes.
자주 묻는 질문
What is a formal synonym for important?
Significant is common when a result or effect is noticeable.
What is stronger than important?
Crucial, essential, and critical can be stronger in the right context.