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Synonyms for significant
sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kəntsig·nif·i·cant
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
significant
Synonyms:
expressive, momentous, suggestive, indicative, forcible, weighty, symbolical, telling, speakingAntonyms:
inexpressive, meaningless, expressionless, unindicative, mute
Princeton's WordNet
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, meaning(a), of import, pregnant, important, authoritative, crucialAntonyms:
inconsiderable, trivial, slight, fragile, hole-and-corner, flimsy, meaningless, thin, insignificant, inappreciable, superficial, nonsignificant, light, hole-in-corner, nonmeaningful, unimportant, tenuoussignificant, substantialadjective
fairly large
"won by a substantial margin"
Synonyms:
substantial, square, hearty, real, pregnant, important, material, substantive, solid, meaning(a), strong, satisfyingAntonyms:
inappreciable, hole-in-corner, light, slight, fragile, thin, nonsignificant, meaningless, flimsy, inconsiderable, nonmeaningful, tenuous, unimportant, trivial, hole-and-corner, insignificant, superficialsignificantadjective
too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation
"the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level"; "no significant difference was found"
Synonyms:
meaning(a), important, substantial, pregnantAntonyms:
light, inconsiderable, hole-in-corner, unimportant, insignificant, superficial, tenuous, nonmeaningful, trivial, flimsy, inappreciable, slight, thin, fragile, meaningless, nonsignificant, hole-and-cornermeaning(a), pregnant, significantadjective
rich in significance or implication
"a meaning look"
Antonyms:
hole-in-corner, nonsignificant, nonmeaningful, hole-and-corner, fragile, unimportant, trivial, inconsiderable, meaningless, slight, inappreciable, superficial, flimsy, thin, insignificant, light, tenuous
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Editors Contribution
particular
cogentadjective
Submitted by Providence on July 16, 2023
Dictionary of English Synonymes
significantadjective
Synonyms:
betokening, indicative, expressive, pregnant with meaningsignificantadjective
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
significantadjective
Synonyms:
momentous, important, indicative, significativeAntonyms:
insignificant, unimportant, meaningless
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "significant":
important, considerable, meaningful, substantial, major, notable, large, great, remarkable, appreciable, big, sizeable, serious, noticeable, sensitive, marked, importance, huge, key, significantly, strong, enormous, prominent, tremendous, noteworthy, high, extensive, significant, essential, notices, significance, crucial, critical, much, vital, substantive, relevant, sizable, dramatic, main, momentous, negligible
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#164 | high | |
#209 | great | |
#212 | real | |
#279 | much | |
#330 | big | |
#373 | main | |
#462 | large | |
#569 | key | |
#573 | important | |
#638 | major | |
#812 | material | |
#1133 | huge | |
#1340 | strong | |
#1406 | significant | |
#1783 | critical | |
#1816 | relevant | |
#1834 | square | |
#2107 | serious | |
#2131 | essential | |
#2159 | solid | |
#2946 | importance | |
#3220 | speaking | |
#3482 | extensive | |
#3604 | significantly | |
#3690 | pregnant | |
#3826 | sensitive | |
#3850 | notices | |
#4026 | marked | |
#4434 | substantial | |
#4760 | vital | |
#4761 | telling | |
#5953 | considerable | |
#6192 | significance | |
#6242 | crucial | |
#6916 | dramatic | |
#7984 | remarkable | |
#8121 | enormous | |
#8204 | meaningful | |
#8513 | prominent | |
#8774 | tremendous | |
#10011 | notable | |
#11543 | satisfying | |
#13969 | substantive | |
#15208 | indicative | |
#15906 | authoritative | |
#17974 | noticeable | |
#18643 | noteworthy | |
#19394 | expressive | |
#19897 | negligible | |
#23927 | hearty | |
#28492 | suggestive | |
#33668 | sizable | |
#34356 | sizeable | |
#42172 | forcible | |
#42699 | momentous | |
#43197 | appreciable | |
#48375 | weighty | |
#139360 | symbolical |
How to use significant in a sentence?
A significant portion of our crops... are earmarked for restaurant sales.
The commodity business was a significant drag, not only on valuation but on the resources of the company.
If they were to put money on it, I think Las Vegas oddsmakers would be doubling down right now on the soft landing scenario — not to say that’s the base case, per se, but the chances seem to be growing, if anything, the global economic scenario has brightened in recent days and weeks — and we got a significant ray of sunshine with this January employment report, including all the revisions — but that’s not to say that consumers or businesses should be complacent with respect to an eventual risk of a recession.
HIV adaptation to the most effective immune responses we can make against it comes at a significant cost to its ability to replicate, anything we can do to increase the pressure on HIV in this way may allow scientists to reduce the destructive power of HIV over time.
It's a really tough policy call, not only do domestic indicators conflict with external ones, but the Fed itself has only a partial handle on the economy - and inevitably so. This is a time of significant policy uncertainty, particularly given that what's on the table is a policy regime change - namely the first interest rate hike in over nine years.
Translations for significant
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- هامArabic
- ва́жны, зна́чныBelarusian
- significatiuCatalan, Valencian
- významnýCzech
- bedeutend, signifikantGerman
- significativo, importanteSpanish
- قابل توجهPersian
- merkityksellinen, merkittäväFinnish
- significatif, importantFrench
- महत्वपूर्णHindi
- szignifikáns, jelentősHungarian
- էականArmenian
- significanteInterlingua
- pentingIndonesian
- rimarchevole, epocale, eloquente, significativoItalian
- 重要, 著しいJapanese
- მნიშვნელოვანიGeorgian
- 상당하다Korean
- giring, watedarKurdish
- ponderōsus, significānsLatin
- redzams, ievērojams, nozīmīgsLatvian
- betekenisvol, veelbetekenend, voelbaar, waarneembaar, beduidend, significantDutch
- znaczny, znaczącyPolish
- significativoPortuguese
- important, semnificant, semnificativRomanian
- значительный, значительноеRussian
- signifikant, betydande, betydelsefulltSwedish
- குறிப்பிடத்தக்கTamil
- มีนัยสำคัญThai
- manalı, kayda değer, anlamlı, önemliTurkish
- اہمUrdu
- quan trọngVietnamese
- 重大Chinese
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