urgently needed; absolutely necessary; "a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "foods indispensable to good nutrition"
full of spirit; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole vital world"
giving or having the power to give life and spirit; "returning the life-giving humus to the land"- Louis Bromfield; "life-giving love and praise"; "the vital rays of the warming sun"
existing as a manifestation of life; "vital powers"; "eating to maintain vital energy"; "recognizing no mystic vital force"
having or characterized by life; "a vital being"; "the population of the vital teeming slums"
relating to the chief data about lives; "vital records"; "vital statistics"
performing an essential function in the living body; "vital organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss of vital heat in shock"; "a vital spot"
manifesting or characteristic of life; "a vital, living organism"; "vital signs"
full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"
performing an essential function in the living body; "vital organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss of vital heat in shock"; "a vital spot"; "life-giving love and praise"
urgently needed; absolutely necessary; "a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "of vital interest"
manifesting or characteristic of life
full of spirit
performing an essential function in the living body