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important
Overview of adj important
The adj important has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (156) important, of import -- (of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day")
2. (4) significant, important -- (important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant")
3. (2) crucial, important -- (of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women")
4. (1) authoritative, important -- (having authority or ascendancy or influence; "an important official"; "the captain's authoritative manner")
5. important -- (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")
Grep of noun important
important person
very important person
Antonyms of adj important
5 senses of important
Sense 1
important (vs. unimportant), of import
unimportant (vs. important)
=> inconsequent, inconsequential
=> immaterial, indifferent
=> fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
=> lightweight
=> nickel-and-dime, small-time
=> potty
Sense 2
significant (vs. insignificant), important
Sense 3
crucial (vs. noncrucial), important
Sense 4
authoritative, important
INDIRECT (VIA influential) -> uninfluential
Sense 5
important
INDIRECT (VIA immodest) -> modest
Similarity of adj important
5 senses of important
Sense 1
important (vs. unimportant), of import
=> all-important(prenominal), all important(predicate), crucial, essential, of the essence(predicate)
=> alpha
=> beta
=> big
=> burning(prenominal)
=> cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal
=> chief(prenominal), main(prenominal), primary(prenominal), principal(prenominal)
=> consequential, eventful
=> Copernican
=> distinguished, eminent
=> grand
=> grave, grievous, heavy, weighty
=> great, outstanding
=> historic
=> in-chief(postnominal)
=> measurable
=> most-valuable
=> serious
=> strategic
Also See> essential#2; significant#1, important#2; valuable#1
Sense 2
significant (vs. insignificant), important
=> momentous
=> epochal, epoch-making
=> earthshaking, world-shaking, world-shattering
=> evidential, evidentiary
=> fundamental, profound
=> large
=> monumental
=> noteworthy, remarkable
=> probative, probatory
=> operative, key
=> portentous, prodigious
Also See> important#1, of import#1; meaningful#1
Sense 3
crucial (vs. noncrucial), important
=> critical, decisive
=> life-and-death, life-or-death
=> pivotal, polar
Also See> critical#6; decisive#1; essential#2
Sense 4
authoritative, important
=> influential (vs. uninfluential)
Sense 5
important
=> immodest (vs. modest)
Pertainyms of adj important
Attributes of adj important
2 of 5 senses of important
Sense 1
important (vs. unimportant), of import
=> importance
Sense 2
significant (vs. insignificant), important
=> significance
Domain of adj important
Domain Terms of adj important
Familiarity of adj important
important used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =5)
Grep of adj important
all-important
all important
important
important-looking
self-important
unimportant
Grep of adv important
importantly
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