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   Im·por·tant

   /imˈpôrt(ə)nt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. of great significance or value; likely to have a profound effect on success, survival, or well-being: "important habitats for wildlife" Similar mainchiefprincipalkeymajorsalientprimedominantforemostsupremepredominantparamountoverridingcardinalcrucialvitalindispensablecriticalessentialsignificanturgentcentralfundamentalbasicinformal:number-oneof valuevaluablevaluedusefulof usebeneficialnecessaryessentialindispensablevitalof the essenceof concernof interestrelevantpertinentmaterialgermaneOpposite unimportantinessentialunimportantirrelevant
   • ▪ (of a person) having high rank or status: "an important senator" Similar powerfulinfluentialof influencewell connectedhigh-rankinghigh-leveltop-levelcontrollingdominantformidableprominenteminentpreeminentnotablenoteworthyof notedistinguishedesteemedrespectedprestigiouscelebratedfamousgreatgrandleadingforemostoutstandinginformal:bigbig timemajor leaguebig leagueOpposite unimportantinsignificant
   • ▪ (of an artist or artistic work) significantly original and influential: "writers as important as Hopkins" Similar significantconsequentialmomentousof great momentof importof great importof great consequencefar-reachingmajorcriticalcrucialvitalpivotaldecisiveurgentepoch-makinghistoricseminalseriousgravesubstantialweightysignalmaterialOpposite unimportanttrivial

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin important- ‘being of consequence’, from the verb importare (see import).

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   Synonyms for IMPORTANCE: significance, import, consequence, magnitude, gravity, value, moment, weight; Antonyms of IMPORTANCE: insignificance, smallness, triviality, littleness, worthlessness, shame, pettiness, dishonor.

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   adj. # significant. consequential. adj. # significant. noteworthy. adj. # exceptional. serious. adj. # crucial.

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   Synonyms for IMPORTANT: consequential, influential, essential, crucial, considerable, critical, decisive; Antonyms for IMPORTANT: trivial, inconsequential, unimportant, obscure, unknown, unrecognized, unimportant.

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   significant, considerable, big, consequential, earthshaking (informal), earth-shattering (informal), essential, influential, crucial, key, major, main, decisive, momentous, necessary, weighty, monumental, determining, of major significance, of great importance, of great import, urgent. Antonyms: