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important

/ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt/adjective3 syllables

Important means: of great significance or value.

Synonyms for important62

adjective, as in of great significance or value

of import, all-important, all important, crucial, essential, of the essence, alpha, beta, big, burning, cardinal, central, fundamental, key
and 11 more, primal, chief, main, primary, principal, master, consequential, eventful, Copernican, distinguished, grand

adjective, as in important in effect or meaning

significant, momentous, epochal, epoch-making, earthshaking, world-shaking, world-shattering, evidential, evidentiary, fundamental, profound, large, monumental, noteworthy
and 9 more, remarkable, notable, probative, probatory, operative, portentous, prodigious, of import, meaningful

adjective, as in of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis

crucial, critical, decisive, life-and-death, life-or-death, pivotal, polar, essential

adjective, as in having authority or ascendancy or influence

authoritative, influential

adjective, as in having or suggesting a consciousness of high position

immodest

also used for important

weighty, epochful, extraordinary, fateful, fatefraught, fatesome, heavy

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Opposites of important

unimportant

What does important mean?5

adjective

1

of great significance or value“important people”

2

important in effect or meaning“a significant change in tax laws”

3

of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis“a crucial moment in his career”

4

having authority or ascendancy or influence“an important official”

5

having or suggesting a consciousness of high position“recited the decree with an important air”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with important?1

four syllables

unimportant
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Important in a sentence

  • Most important of all, the brain needs global reentry pathways connecting these anatomical structures.AlanF_US
  • Whether the problem is important or unimportant, you must solve it.CC
  • It's very important to know how to let off steam, living in this world.unknown
  • Health is above wealth, for the former is more important than the latter.unknown
  • Needless to say, health is more important than wealth.jakov
  • Needless to say, getting up early is important.CM
  • Important as sugar is as article of food, we cannot live on it.unknown
  • In the desert, camels are more important than cars for transportation.CM

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