Synonyms for significance
sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kənssig·nif·i·cance

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1. significancenoun

   the quality of being significant

   "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"

   Synonyms:
   meaning, import, implication, signification

   Antonyms:
   insignificance

2. significance, import, implicationnoun

   a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

   "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"

   Synonyms:
   importee, import, consequence, moment, meaning, deduction, signification, entailment, conditional relation, logical implication, importation, implication

   Antonyms:
   insignificance

3. meaning, significance, signification, importnoun

   the message that is intended or expressed or signified

   "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"

   Synonyms:
   importee, import, consequence, moment, meaning, substance, signification, importation, implication

   Antonyms:
   insignificance

Matched Categories

1. • Importance
   • Meaning
   • Message

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1. significancenoun

   Synonyms:
   meaning, import, purport, sense

2. significancenoun

   Synonyms:
   importance, consequence, weight, moment

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1. significancenoun

   Synonyms:
   meaning, import, consequence, importance, force

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1. List of paraphrases for "significance":

   importance, meaning, relevance, important, scope, weight, sense, significant, interest, prominence, value, emphasis

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1. Clifford Geertz, "Cultural Anthropology" by Nanda:

   A human being is an animal suspended in webs of significance which he himself has spun.

2. Elisabeth Roegele:

   Precisely because the certificates market here in Germany is of great significance and its reputation and credibility are of central importance, we have to intervene with individual products.

3. Nobuo Kishi:

   The visit of the British carrier strike group holds great significance, to maintain and strengthen a free and open Indo-Pacific.

4. Nick Pope:

   The study was highly classified and extremely sensitive, not least because the MoD consistently told parliament, the media and the public that UFOs were of limited interest and ‘no defense significance’, our concern was that if the existence of the study became known, it would have exposed an internal position on the phenomenon that was different from our public position.

5. David Schmerler:

   After the engine test the North Koreans said that the world would soon see its significance, this test, with the new engine configuration, which seems to be more unique to North Korea, outperformed its previous missile tests.