Synonyms for important
ɪmˈpɔr tntim·por·tant

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.4 / 7 votes

1. important

   Synonyms:
   significant, expressive, relevant, main, leading, considerable, great, dignified, influential, weighty, momentous, material, grave, essential

   Antonyms:
   insignificant, trivial, inexpressive, irrelevant, inconsiderable, petty, mean, uninfluential, secondary, unimportant, minor

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. important, of importadjective

   of great significance or value

   "important people"; "the important questions of the day"

   Synonyms:
   authoritative, crucial, significant, of import

   Antonyms:
   lightweight, immaterial, fiddling, indifferent, unimportant, uninfluential, little, piffling, piddling, modest, potty, lilliputian, inconsequent, nickel-and-dime, inconsequential, petty, small-time, footling, picayune, trivial, niggling

2. 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, significant, meaning(a), of import, pregnant, authoritative, crucial

   Antonyms:
   footling, immaterial, piffling, lilliputian, unimportant, small-time, nickel-and-dime, modest, inconsequent, little, niggling, inconsequential, fiddling, lightweight, trivial, piddling, uninfluential, indifferent, potty, petty, picayune

3. crucial, importantadjective

   of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis

   "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"

   Synonyms:
   essential, all important(p), all-important(a), significant, of import, authoritative, crucial, of the essence(p)

   Antonyms:
   piddling, potty, inconsequential, small-time, lightweight, trivial, fiddling, piffling, immaterial, nickel-and-dime, little, lilliputian, inconsequent, niggling, uninfluential, indifferent, modest, petty, picayune, unimportant, footling

4. authoritative, importantadjective

   having authority or ascendancy or influence

   "an important official"; "the captain's authoritative manner"

   Synonyms:
   authorised, significant, classic, authorized, of import, crucial, authoritative, definitive, classical

   Antonyms:
   uninfluential, little, trivial, unimportant, footling, potty, niggling, modest, nickel-and-dime, inconsequent, picayune, small-time, piddling, inconsequential, immaterial, petty, indifferent, fiddling, lightweight, piffling, lilliputian

5. importantadjective

   having or suggesting a consciousness of high position

   "recited the decree with an important air"; "took long important strides in the direction of his office"

   Synonyms:
   authoritative, crucial, significant, of import

   Antonyms:
   nickel-and-dime, inconsequent, small-time, inconsequential, piffling, fiddling, little, trivial, indifferent, niggling, modest, potty, footling, petty, piddling, immaterial, lilliputian, picayune, lightweight, uninfluential, unimportant

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1. necessary

   every other thesaurus lists necessary as one synonym, and cambridge dictionary defines important as “necessary or of great value.”

   “eating is one of the most important things we do, because it’s necessary for life.”

   Submitted by SubHub3507 on May 25, 2021  

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1. importantadjective

   Synonyms:
   weighty, momentous, grave, serious, material, significant, of importance, of moment, of great weight

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. importantadjective

   Synonyms:
   momentous, material, essential, pompous, consequential

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1. List of paraphrases for "important":

   significant, major, importance, substantial, essential, large, vital, key, crucial, importantly, considerable, critical, significance, notices, prominent, great, relevant, valuable, serious, significant, big, sizeable, elham, fundamental, meaningful, main, ilham, strong, extensive, momentous, high, notable

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1. The Talmud:

   Nothing is more becoming a man than silence. It is not the preaching but the practice which ought to be considered as the more important. A profusion of words is sure to lead to error.

2. Peter Wilborn:

   What's important is infrastructure, and in places with infrastructure accidents go down, ridership goes up, and none of it has to do with special accessories.

3. Carl Woog:

   We believe the most important thing we can do is to empower health ministries and doctors to engage with citizens and patients right on WhatsApp.

4. Novak Djokovic:

   In my case, I feel like things are just kind of piling on, adding on somehow for one reason or another, it’s not an ideal situation or circumstances to be in when you have to kind of deal with all these other outside factors that are not really necessary during such an important event. Djokovic celebrates during his quarterfinal against Andrey Rublev at the Australian Open. Dita Alangkara/AP.

5. Tiger Woods:

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