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   receding, concave, rebated, indented, hollowed, engraved, intailed, withdrawn, inconspicuous, minor, secondary, unimportant, indistinctive, undistinguishable, subordinate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. The Ukrainian president:

   The most important thing to do : Big nations ca n’t bluff, number one, and number two, the idea that we would do anything to split NATO, which would be a — have a profound impact on one of — I think prominent impact — on one of Putin’s objectives is to weaken NATO — would be a big mistake.

2. Shawn Crispin:

   The Philippines has for a long time been a standard bearer in the region for press freedom, if Duterte is able to get away with effectively silencing what has been one of his most prominent and credible media critics, that could send a message to the wider region that this is an attack you can get away with.

3. Oli London:

   Now, she's (Pocock) a very prominent LGBT activist, head of an organization speaking before the House Oversight Committee. So, she obviously has a lot of influence and power. She was saying that these people do not even exist. People like me don't exist.

4. Donald McNeil:

   In January, I was told that my articles and appearanceson The Daily would be a prominent part of this submission. In February, in a moment of panic, The Times pressured me to resign over false accusations that I was a racist, since they had ordered me to not respond in detail to the Daily Beast's accusations, I was unable to explain why theywere false (until after I departedon March 1.).

5. Gavin Newsom:

   ( California) has worked hard to prepare for a surge - but we ca n’t sustain the record high cases we’re seeing, current projections show CA will run out of current ICU beds before Christmas Eve.The governor told reporters discussions were underway among state health officials over the potential stay-at-home order. Christmas Eve.The governor expects to issue a decision in the next day or two.Last week Christmas Eve.The governor ordered a daily curfew barring social gatherings and other non-essential activities across most of the state between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily.Newsom, who has largely banned indoor dining in the state, has apologized after photos surfaced of the first-term Democrat eating dinner with 11 other people, including a prominent lobbyist, at a French restaurant near Napa. None wore masks.More than 4.2 million new COVID-19 infections and 36,000 COVID-19 related deaths were reported across the United States in November, according to a Reuters tally. Hospitalizations are at a pandemic high and deaths the most in six months.Slideshow( 4 images) Nearly 93,000 Americans are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, up 11 % from last week and double the number reported a month ago, according to a Reuters analysis of state and county public health reports.Americans who have endured eight months of restrictions, lockdown and business closures in the face of the pandemic are pinning their hopes on vaccines developed by drug companies Pfizer Inc and Moderna that are awaiting U.S. government approval for emergency use.VACCINES BY CHRISTMAS?U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar said Pfizer’s medication could be authorized and shipped within days of a Dec. 10 meeting of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration.Moderna’s vaccine could follow a week later, Health Secretary Alex Azar said, after the company announced on Monday it would apply for emergency authorization both in the U.S. and Europe.