where ones at (noun) essential: necessity, basic
Detalii: the words crucial, essential, and vital cannot be qualified (cannot be more or less...)
Sinonime: ABCs, bottom line, brass tacks,
condition,
element,
essence, fire and ice,
fundamental, groceries,
guts*,
heart, meat and potatoes,
must, name of the game, nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts, part and parcel, precondition,
prerequisite,
principle,
quintessence,
requirement,
requisite, rudiment, sine qua non,
stuff,
substance, vital part, where one's at
Antonime: accessory,
auxiliary, nonessential,
subsidiary, throwaway, trivia