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Synonyms for important
ɪmˈpɔr tntim·por·tant
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
important
Synonyms:
significant, expressive, relevant, main, leading, considerable, great, dignified, influential, weighty, momentous, material, grave, essentialAntonyms:
insignificant, trivial, inexpressive, irrelevant, inconsiderable, petty, mean, uninfluential, secondary, unimportant, minor
Princeton's WordNet
important, of importadjective
of great significance or value
"important people"; "the important questions of the day"
Synonyms:
authoritative, crucial, significant, of importAntonyms:
lightweight, immaterial, fiddling, indifferent, unimportant, uninfluential, little, piffling, piddling, modest, potty, lilliputian, inconsequent, nickel-and-dime, inconsequential, petty, small-time, footling, picayune, trivial, nigglingsignificant, 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, crucialAntonyms:
footling, immaterial, piffling, lilliputian, unimportant, small-time, nickel-and-dime, modest, inconsequent, little, niggling, inconsequential, fiddling, lightweight, trivial, piddling, uninfluential, indifferent, potty, petty, picayunecrucial, 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, footlingauthoritative, 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, classicalAntonyms:
uninfluential, little, trivial, unimportant, footling, potty, niggling, modest, nickel-and-dime, inconsequent, picayune, small-time, piddling, inconsequential, immaterial, petty, indifferent, fiddling, lightweight, piffling, lilliputianimportantadjective
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 importAntonyms:
nickel-and-dime, inconsequent, small-time, inconsequential, piffling, fiddling, little, trivial, indifferent, niggling, modest, potty, footling, petty, piddling, immaterial, lilliputian, picayune, lightweight, uninfluential, unimportant
Editors Contribution
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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
importantadjective
Synonyms:
weighty, momentous, grave, serious, material, significant, of importance, of moment, of great weight
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
importantadjective
Synonyms:
momentous, material, essential, pompous, consequential
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#164 | high | |
#209 | great | |
#330 | big | |
#373 | main | |
#462 | large | |
#569 | key | |
#573 | important | |
#638 | major | |
#812 | material | |
#1340 | strong | |
#1360 | classic | |
#1406 | significant | |
#1465 | leading | |
#1783 | critical | |
#1816 | relevant | |
#2107 | serious | |
#2131 | essential | |
#2367 | classical | |
#2946 | importance | |
#3303 | authorized | |
#3482 | extensive | |
#3690 | pregnant | |
#3850 | notices | |
#4080 | valuable | |
#4428 | fundamental | |
#4434 | substantial | |
#4760 | vital | |
#5953 | considerable | |
#6192 | significance | |
#6242 | crucial | |
#8065 | grave | |
#8204 | meaningful | |
#8513 | prominent | |
#9141 | importantly | |
#10011 | notable | |
#10143 | authorised | |
#10502 | definitive | |
#12484 | influential | |
#15906 | authoritative | |
#19394 | expressive | |
#34356 | sizeable | |
#37016 | dignified | |
#42699 | momentous | |
#48375 | weighty | |
#147942 | ilham | |
#205883 | elham |
How to use important in a sentence?
This is extraordinarily important - one of the few remaining restrictions on campaign spending.
To me, the most important part is that they are following through on the FESAP recommendations of greater transparency. Also good to know there were no losses or thefts of select agents this year.
Given the political climate, his speaking out itself is an important act -- and a veiled criticism against Xi.
Many facts presented by the agency differed from what ended up being true, the most important one being that the boy's mother actually, desperately, wanted to keep her son, the biggest thing that got our wheels turning was when [the agency] told us that 'for reasons they couldn't get into' our adoption process was going to be on hold for a while.
Timing closures so that they come just before a peak is the most important determinant of success, but it is hard to estimate exactly where a peak will come in advance.
Translations for important
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- belangrikAfrikaans
- importantAragonese
- مهمArabic
- mühümAzerbaijani
- важныBelarusian
- важенBulgarian
- গুরুত্বপূর্ণBengali
- གལ་ཆེན་པོTibetan Standard
- importantCatalan, Valencian
- důležitýCzech
- pwysigWelsh
- vigtigDanish
- wichtigGerman
- σημαντικόGreek
- gravaEsperanto
- importanteSpanish
- tähtis, olulineEstonian
- garrantzitsuBasque
- مُهِمّ, مهمPersian
- tärkeäFinnish
- importantFrench
- wichtichWestern Frisian
- tábhachtach, mórluachachIrish
- importanteGalician
- חשובHebrew
- महत्वपूर्ण, अहम, जरूरीHindi
- enpòtanHaitian Creole
- fontosHungarian
- կարեւորArmenian
- importanteInterlingua
- pentingIndonesian
- mikilvægurIcelandic
- importanteItalian
- חָשׁוּבHebrew
- 大切, 重要Japanese
- მნიშვნელოვანიGeorgian
- маңыздыKazakh
- សំខាន់Khmer
- ಮುಖ್ಯKannada
- 중요하다, 중대한Korean
- گرنگKurdish
- маанилүү, олуттууKyrgyz
- gravis, magnus, maximusLatin
- wichtegLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ສຳຄັນLao
- svarbusLithuanian
- nozīmīgs, svarīgsLatvian
- tiketike, hira, mātuatua, matuaMāori
- важенMacedonian
- അതിപ്രധാനമായ, ഉയര്ന്ന പദവിയിലുള്ള, മുഖ്യമായ, ഗൗരവമുള്ളMalayalam
- чухалMongolian
- pentingMalay
- importantiMaltese
- အရေးကြီးBurmese
- महत्वपूर्णNepali
- belangrijkDutch
- alvorlig, betydelig, viktigNorwegian
- importantOccitan
- ଗୁରୁତ୍ବପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣOriya
- ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਨPanjabi, Punjabi
- ważnyPolish
- importantePortuguese
- importantRomanian
- важный, ваRussian
- अत्यावश्यकSanskrit
- važan, важанSerbo-Croatian
- වැදගත්Sinhala, Sinhalese
- dôležitýSlovak
- pomémbenSlovene
- i rëndësishëmAlbanian
- viktig, betydelsefull, ViktigtSwedish
- maarufuSwahili
- பாரதூரம், முக்கியமானTamil
- ముఖ్యమైనTelugu
- муҳимTajik
- เอ้, สำคัญThai
- dahylly, möhümTurkmen
- mahalagáTagalog
- önemli, mühimTurkish
- значний, важний, важливий, ваUkrainian
- اہمUrdu
- muhimUzbek
- quan trọngVietnamese
- veütikVolapük
- impôrtant, consecantWalloon
- וויכטיקYiddish
- 重要Chinese
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