Meaning of IMPORTANT
| Pronunciation: | | im'portnt
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [adj] of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"
- [adj] of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"
- [adj] having or suggesting a consciousness of high position; "recited the decree with an important air"; "took long important strides in the direction of his office"
- [adj] having authority or ascendancy or influence; "an important official"; "the captain's authoritative manner"
- [adj] important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"
|
| |
| | Sponsored Links: | |
|
| |
| | Synonyms: | | all important(p), all-important(a), alpha, arch(a), authoritative, big, boss(a), burning(a), cardinal, central, chief(a), consequential, Copernican, critical, crucial, decisive, distinguished, earthshaking, eminent, epochal, epoch-making, eventful, evidential, evidentiary, fundamental, grave, great, grievous, head(a), heavy, historic, immodest, in-chief(ip), influential, key, large, life-and-death, life-or-death, main(a), measurable, momentous, monumental, most-valuable, noteworthy, of import, of the essence(p), of value, operative, pivotal, polar, portentous, primal, primary(a), principal(a), probative, prodigious, profound, remarkable, serious, strategic, top(a), useful, valuable, weighty, world-shaking, world-shattering |
| |
| | Antonyms: | | insignificant, noncrucial, unimportant | | |
| | See Also: | | essential, important, meaningful, significant | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Im*por"tant\, a. [F. important. See {Import}, v. t.]
1. Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great
interests; restless; anxious. [Obs.]
Thou hast strength as much As serves to execute a
mind very important. --Chapman.
2. Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable
content or bearing; significant; weighty.
Things small as nothing . . . He makes important.
--Shak.
3. Bearing on; forcible; driving. [Obs.]
He fiercely at him flew, And with important outrage
him assailed. --Spenser.
4. Importunate; pressing; urgent. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: Weighty; momentous; significant; essential; necessary;
considerable; influential; serious.
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | absolute, arrogant, ascendant, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, big, big-league, big-name, big-time, bigwig, bigwigged, bloated, charismatic, charming, clothed with authority, commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, conspicuous, controlling, critical, distinctive, distinguished, dominant, double-barreled, duly constituted, earthshaking, effective, effectual, efficacious, eminent, empowered, enchanting, essential, estimable, ex officio, exceptional, famous, first-class, first-rate, foremost, formidable, front-page, governing, grand, grave, great, heavyweight, hegemonic, hegemonistic, high-powered, high-ranking, imperative, impressive, in the limelight, influential, leading, magisterial, magnetic, major, marked, material, meaningful, memorable, mighty, momentous, monocratic, name, notable, noted, noteworthy, noticeable, official, outstanding, personable, persuasive, pontifical, portentous, potent, powerful, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, puffy, puissant, ranking, remarkable, reputable, respected, ruling, salient, self-important, senior, signal, significant, strong, stuffy, suasive, substantial, superior, supreme, telling, to the front, top-level, top-notch, totalitarian, unusual, urgent, valuable, vital, weighty, winning, world-shaking, worthwhile, worthy |
| |
|
|
|