significant

Speech parts

1. significant - Noun

2. significant - Adjective

3. significant - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look.

Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event.

That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

important substantial major material meaning critical essential considerable notable relevant crucial pregnant decisive noteworthy pivotal

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Antonyms

insignificant slight negligible nonsignificant Mickey Mouse small

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Phrases with the word

significant other significant number significant numbers significant amount significant proportion significant amounts

Examples

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. Edward de Bono

To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all. Walt Whitman

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning. Louisa May Alcott

There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance. Steve Ballmer

What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth. Norman Cousins

The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them. Albert Einstein

Close letter words and terms

significance of digit position significancy significand significant amount significant amount of money significant amount of time