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important > 5 senses
ADJECTIVE1important, of importOf great significance or value
2important, significantImportant in effect or meaning
3important, crucialOf extreme importance
4important, authoritativeHaving authority or ascendancy or influence
5importantHaving or suggesting a consciousness of high position
important > pronunciation
Soundsihmpao'rtahnt
Rhymesabandonment, abatement, aberrant, and 654 more rhymes in ahnt at the HyperDic website...
important > adjective 1
MeaningOf great significance or value.
Examples"important people"; "the important questions of the day"
Synonymsof import
Attribute ofimportance
Similarall-important, all important, crucial, essential, of the essence; alpha; beta; arch; big; burning; cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal; chief, main, primary, principal; consequential, eventful; Copernican; distinguished, eminent, great; grave, grievous, heavy, weighty; historic; in-chief; measurable; most-valuable; serious; strategic; useful, valuable, of value
See alsoessential; significant, important; valuable
Contraryunimportant
Adverbsimportantly; importantly
important > adjective 2
MeaningImportant in effect or meaning.
Synonymssignificant
Attribute ofsignificance
Similarbig, momentous; epochal, epoch-making; earthshaking, world-shaking, world-shattering; evidential, evidentiary; fundamental, profound; large; monumental; noteworthy, remarkable; probative; operative, key; portentous, prodigious
See alsoimportant, of import; meaningful
Contraryinsignificant, unimportant
important > adjective 3
MeaningOf extreme importance. Vital to the resolution of a crisis.
Synonymscrucial
Similarcritical, decisive; life-and-death, life-or-death; pivotal, polar
See alsocritical; decisive; essential
Contrarynoncrucial
important > adjective 4
MeaningHaving authority or ascendancy or influence.
Examples"an important official"
Synonymsauthoritative
Similar toinfluential
important > adjective 5
MeaningHaving or suggesting a consciousness of high position.
Examples"recited the decree with an important air"; "took long important strides in the direction of his office"
Similar toimmodest

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