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Synonyms for significant
sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kəntsig·nif·i·cant
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
significant
Synonyms:
expressive, momentous, suggestive, indicative, forcible, weighty, symbolical, telling, speakingAntonyms:
inexpressive, meaningless, expressionless, unindicative, mute
Princeton's WordNet
significant, importantadjective
important in effect or meaning
"a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"
Synonyms:
substantial, meaning(a), of import, pregnant, important, authoritative, crucialAntonyms:
inconsiderable, trivial, slight, fragile, hole-and-corner, flimsy, meaningless, thin, insignificant, inappreciable, superficial, nonsignificant, light, hole-in-corner, nonmeaningful, unimportant, tenuoussignificant, substantialadjective
fairly large
"won by a substantial margin"
Synonyms:
substantial, square, hearty, real, pregnant, important, material, substantive, solid, meaning(a), strong, satisfyingAntonyms:
inappreciable, hole-in-corner, light, slight, fragile, thin, nonsignificant, meaningless, flimsy, inconsiderable, nonmeaningful, tenuous, unimportant, trivial, hole-and-corner, insignificant, superficialsignificantadjective
too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation
"the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level"; "no significant difference was found"
Synonyms:
meaning(a), important, substantial, pregnantAntonyms:
light, inconsiderable, hole-in-corner, unimportant, insignificant, superficial, tenuous, nonmeaningful, trivial, flimsy, inappreciable, slight, thin, fragile, meaningless, nonsignificant, hole-and-cornermeaning(a), pregnant, significantadjective
rich in significance or implication
"a meaning look"
Antonyms:
hole-in-corner, nonsignificant, nonmeaningful, hole-and-corner, fragile, unimportant, trivial, inconsiderable, meaningless, slight, inappreciable, superficial, flimsy, thin, insignificant, light, tenuous
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Editors Contribution
particular
cogentadjective
Submitted by Providence on July 16, 2023
Dictionary of English Synonymes
significantadjective
Synonyms:
betokening, indicative, expressive, pregnant with meaningsignificantadjective
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
significantadjective
Synonyms:
momentous, important, indicative, significativeAntonyms:
insignificant, unimportant, meaningless
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "significant":
important, considerable, meaningful, substantial, major, notable, large, great, remarkable, appreciable, big, sizeable, serious, noticeable, sensitive, marked, importance, huge, key, significantly, strong, enormous, prominent, tremendous, noteworthy, high, extensive, significant, essential, notices, significance, crucial, critical, much, vital, substantive, relevant, sizable, dramatic, main, momentous, negligible
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#164 | high | |
#209 | great | |
#212 | real | |
#279 | much | |
#330 | big | |
#373 | main | |
#462 | large | |
#569 | key | |
#573 | important | |
#638 | major | |
#812 | material | |
#1133 | huge | |
#1340 | strong | |
#1406 | significant | |
#1783 | critical | |
#1816 | relevant | |
#1834 | square | |
#2107 | serious | |
#2131 | essential | |
#2159 | solid | |
#2946 | importance | |
#3220 | speaking | |
#3482 | extensive | |
#3604 | significantly | |
#3690 | pregnant | |
#3826 | sensitive | |
#3850 | notices | |
#4026 | marked | |
#4434 | substantial | |
#4760 | vital | |
#4761 | telling | |
#5953 | considerable | |
#6192 | significance | |
#6242 | crucial | |
#6916 | dramatic | |
#7984 | remarkable | |
#8121 | enormous | |
#8204 | meaningful | |
#8513 | prominent | |
#8774 | tremendous | |
#10011 | notable | |
#11543 | satisfying | |
#13969 | substantive | |
#15208 | indicative | |
#15906 | authoritative | |
#17974 | noticeable | |
#18643 | noteworthy | |
#19394 | expressive | |
#19897 | negligible | |
#23927 | hearty | |
#28492 | suggestive | |
#33668 | sizable | |
#34356 | sizeable | |
#42172 | forcible | |
#42699 | momentous | |
#43197 | appreciable | |
#48375 | weighty | |
#139360 | symbolical |
How to use significant in a sentence?
To get an all-clear sign, the market needs evidence it's under control, no flaring up in new countries and that we don't get a significant outbreak in the United States.
The fossil record of animal life is something that many people are interested in and in particular, when animals first evolved on Earth, the big discussion has been, was there animal life in a significant way in the pre-Cambrian before the Cambrian explosion or not.
It's something like $ 750 billion of investment worldwide going on in lithium-ion batteries, the challenge is most of that is happening in China. They dominate that supply chain. It's a significant national security challenge for us.
To make an assertion that New York physicians are prescribing opioids because of payments from drug companies is completely at odds with recent statistics showing a significant decrease in opioid prescribing in New York.
It gives the UAW a significant new tool in trying to organize the foreign automakers in the South. Symbolically, it’s going to be huge.
Translations for significant
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- هامArabic
- ва́жны, зна́чныBelarusian
- significatiuCatalan, Valencian
- významnýCzech
- bedeutend, signifikantGerman
- significativo, importanteSpanish
- قابل توجهPersian
- merkityksellinen, merkittäväFinnish
- significatif, importantFrench
- महत्वपूर्णHindi
- szignifikáns, jelentősHungarian
- էականArmenian
- significanteInterlingua
- pentingIndonesian
- rimarchevole, epocale, eloquente, significativoItalian
- 重要, 著しいJapanese
- მნიშვნელოვანიGeorgian
- 상당하다Korean
- giring, watedarKurdish
- ponderōsus, significānsLatin
- redzams, ievērojams, nozīmīgsLatvian
- betekenisvol, veelbetekenend, voelbaar, waarneembaar, beduidend, significantDutch
- znaczny, znaczącyPolish
- significativoPortuguese
- important, semnificant, semnificativRomanian
- значительный, значительноеRussian
- signifikant, betydande, betydelsefulltSwedish
- குறிப்பிடத்தக்கTamil
- มีนัยสำคัญThai
- manalı, kayda değer, anlamlı, önemliTurkish
- اہمUrdu
- quan trọngVietnamese
- 重大Chinese
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