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English adjective: important | |||
| 1. | important of great significance or value | ||
| Samples | Important people. The important questions of the day. | ||
| Synonyms | of import | ||
| Similar | all important, all-important, alpha, beta, big, burning, cardinal, central, chief, consequential, Copernican, crucial, distinguished, essential, eventful, fundamental, grand, grave, great, grievous, heavy, historic, in-chief, key, main, master, measurable, most-valuable, of the essence, outstanding, primal, primary, principal, serious, strategic, weighty | ||
| See also | essential, important, significant, valuable | ||
| Attribute | importance | ||
| Antonyms | unimportant | ||
| 2. | important important in effect or meaning | ||
| Samples | A significant change in tax laws. A significant change in the Constitution. A significant contribution. Significant details. Statistically significant. | ||
| Synonyms | significant | ||
| Similar | earthshaking, epoch-making, epochal, evidential, evidentiary, fundamental, large, momentous, monumental, noteworthy, operative, portentous, probative, probatory, prodigious, profound, remarkable, world-shaking, world-shattering | ||
| See also | important, meaningful, of import | ||
| Attribute | significance | ||
| Antonyms | unimportant, insignificant | ||
| 3. | important of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis | ||
| Samples | A crucial moment in his career. A crucial election. A crucial issue for women. | ||
| Synonyms | crucial | ||
| Similar | critical, decisive, life-and-death, life-or-death, pivotal, polar | ||
| See also | critical, decisive, essential | ||
| Antonyms | noncrucial | ||
| 4. | important having authority or ascendancy or influence | ||
| Samples | An important official. The captain's authoritative manner. | ||
| Synonyms | authoritative | ||
| Similar | influential | ||
| Antonyms | uninfluential | ||
| 5. | important having or suggesting a consciousness of high position | ||
| Samples | Recited the decree with an important air. Took long important strides in the direction of his office. | ||
| Similar | immodest | ||
| Antonyms | modest | ||
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