Synonyms for significant
sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kəntsig·nif·i·cant

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1. significant

   Synonyms:
   expressive, momentous, suggestive, indicative, forcible, weighty, symbolical, telling, speaking

   Antonyms:
   inexpressive, meaningless, expressionless, unindicative, mute

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1. 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, crucial

   Antonyms:
   inconsiderable, trivial, slight, fragile, hole-and-corner, flimsy, meaningless, thin, insignificant, inappreciable, superficial, nonsignificant, light, hole-in-corner, nonmeaningful, unimportant, tenuous

2. significant, substantialadjective

   fairly large

   "won by a substantial margin"

   Synonyms:
   substantial, square, hearty, real, pregnant, important, material, substantive, solid, meaning(a), strong, satisfying

   Antonyms:
   inappreciable, hole-in-corner, light, slight, fragile, thin, nonsignificant, meaningless, flimsy, inconsiderable, nonmeaningful, tenuous, unimportant, trivial, hole-and-corner, insignificant, superficial

3. significantadjective

   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, pregnant

   Antonyms:
   light, inconsiderable, hole-in-corner, unimportant, insignificant, superficial, tenuous, nonmeaningful, trivial, flimsy, inappreciable, slight, thin, fragile, meaningless, nonsignificant, hole-and-corner

4. meaning(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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1. • Statistics

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1. significantadjective

   Synonyms:
   betokening, indicative, expressive, pregnant with meaning

2. significantadjective

   Synonyms:
   important, weighty, momentous

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1. significantadjective

   Synonyms:
   momentous, important, indicative, significative

   Antonyms:
   insignificant, unimportant, meaningless

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1. 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

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How to use significant in a sentence?

1. John Johnson:

   I understand I made a giant mistake and a significant lapse in judgment.

2. The Fed:

   Financial sector vulnerabilities are likely to be significant, in the near term, the strains on household and business balance sheets from the economic and financial shocks since March will likely create fragilities that last for some time.

3. Jennifer Griffin:

   What we don't think is that what we believe is that there isn't a presence that is significant enough to merit a threat to our homeland. As there was back on 9/11 20 years ago. The president also said there is no national security interest, no national interest in Afghanistan.

4. Karen Friedman:

   It's a cruel irony that in the year we're celebrating the 40th anniversary year of ERISA, Congress is trying to reverse its most significant protections.

5. Jeffrey Halley:

   With no significant data releases in Asia today, attention in the region will remain focused on trade concerns and Hong Kong, neither is likely to inspire the confidence of market participants.