Synonyms for prominent
ˈprɒm ə nəntprom·i·nent

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1. prominent

   Synonyms:
   jutting, protuberant, relieved, embossed, extended, manifest, conspicuous, eminent, distinguished, main, important, leading, characteristic, distinctive

   Antonyms:
   receding, concave, rebated, indented, hollowed, engraved, intailed, withdrawn, inconspicuous, minor, secondary, unimportant, indistinctive, undistinguishable, subordinate

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1. outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, strikingadjective

   having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

   "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child"

   Synonyms:
   salient(ip), large, striking, owing(p), dramatic, spectacular, great, salient, outstanding, undischarged, big

   Antonyms:
   inconspicuous, invisible

2. big, large, prominentadjective

   conspicuous in position or importance

   "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"

   Synonyms:
   magnanimous, spectacular, bountiful, big, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, braggy, with child(p), striking, giving, bombastic, grownup, grown, large(p), enceinte, tumid, bounteous, liberal, self-aggrandizing, swelled, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), bighearted, expectant, heavy(a), great(p), large, bragging(a), bad, freehanded, turgid, heavy(p), big(a), self-aggrandising, salient, boastful, full-grown, openhanded, declamatory, adult, orotund, gravid, big(p), crowing, outstanding

   Antonyms:
   invisible, inconspicuous

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1. outstand

   standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable

   her eyes are her most prominent feature.

   Submitted by rinat on June 5, 2017  

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1. prominentadjective

   Synonyms:
   protuberant, projecting

2. prominentadjective

   Synonyms:
   conspicuous, eminent, celebrated, distinguished, famous

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1. prominentadjective

   Synonyms:
   protuberant, conspicuous, salient, eminent, distinguished

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1. List of paraphrases for "prominent":

   eminent, outstanding, leading, distinguished, salient, conspicuous, pre-eminent, high-profile, senior, top, renowned, important, famous, notable, well-known, remarkable, predominant, significant, dominant, visible, major, striking, preponderant, featured

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1. Jack Dorsey:

   No, twitter’s shadow-banning prominent Republicans … is that true ?

2. Kevin Madden:

   The Republican Party, because of the rise of ISIS, because of national security becoming so prominent ... has become much more hawkish.

3. Thor Halvorssen:

   El Sexto has become a prominent target of the Cuban regime because his graffiti art is one of the elite’s most feared methods of protest as it exposes their true nature, el Sexto’s art unmasks the tyranny in ways white papers and press accounts cannot. Now that Castro will receive a pompous farewell, the regime will take measures to silence all voices for democracy and to drown out calls for reform.

4. Rickie Fowler:

   I guess I'm not off to the hottest of starts for my career, with only two worldwide wins, one on the PGA Tour, i'd like to start adding to that and make myself a little bit more of a prominent player.

5. David Ibsen:

   Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi was a former officer in Saddam Husseins army and was considered one of the most prominent ISIS members in Baghdadis circle, after the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq and the capture of Hussein in 2003, Quraishi eventually became a general Sharia jurist for al-Qaeda.