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"

Antonym:
  • insignificant; unimportant

Nearest:
  • momentous
  • epochal; epoch-making
  • earthshaking; world-shaking; world-shattering
  • evidential; evidentiary
  • fundamental; profound
  • large
  • monumental
  • noteworthy; remarkable
  • probative; probatory
  • operative
  • portentous; prodigious


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