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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1. Anthony Fauci:

   There are only individual case reports of significant neurological damage to people not just the fetuses but an adult that would get infected. Things that they call meningoencephalitis, which is an inflammation of the brain and the covering around the brain, spinal cord damage due to what we call myelitis, so far they look unusual, but at least we've seen them and that's concerning.

2. Dave Nagle:

   So the wage bracket of the whole community has taken a significant hit, we really never came back from the farm crisis.

3. Willie Spies:

   It is a significant symbolic victory to any person that has lost everything to see that at least in neighboring countries justice does prevail.

4. Dave Hager:

   If commodity prices remain low, Devon has significant balance sheet strength to withstand an extended downturn.

5. David French:

   This represents a significant step towards enhancing transparency in the administration and regulation of oil and gas activities in Albania, bankers views this commitment by the authorities as an important milestone in the ongoing improvement of our operations.