important
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
of great significance or value
important people
Related & opposite
- essential also see
- significant also see
- valuable also see
- unimportant antonym
- importance attribute
- importance derivation
- all-importanta similar to
- alpha similar to
- beta similar to
- big similar to
- burninga similar to
- cardinal similar to
- maina similar to
- consequential similar to
- Copernican similar to
- distinguished similar to
- grand similar to
- grave similar to
- great similar to
- historic similar to
- in-chiefip similar to
- measurable similar to
- most-valuable similar to
- serious similar to
- strategic similar to
Sense 2 adjective
important in effect or meaning
a significant change in tax laws
Related & opposite
- important also see
- meaningful also see
- unimportant antonym
- significance attribute
- importance derivation
- significance derivation
- momentous similar to
- epochal similar to
- world-shaking similar to
- evidential similar to
- fundamental similar to
- large similar to
- monumental similar to
- remarkable similar to
- probative similar to
- operative similar to
- portentous similar to
Sense 3 adjective
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
a crucial moment in his career
Related & opposite
- critical also see
- decisive also see
- essential also see
- noncrucial antonym
- importance derivation
- criticality derivation
- decisive similar to
- life-and-death similar to
- pivotal similar to
Sense 4 adjective
having authority or ascendancy or influence
an important official
Related & opposite
- grandness derivation
- influential similar to
Sense 5 adjective
having or suggesting a consciousness of high position
recited the decree with an important air
Related & opposite
- immodest similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | essential |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | significant |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | valuable |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unimportant |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | importance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | importance |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | all-importanta |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | alpha |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | beta |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | big |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | burninga |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | cardinal |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | maina |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | consequential |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | Copernican |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | distinguished |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | grand |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | grave |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | great |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | historic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | in-chiefip |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | measurable |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | most-valuable |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | serious |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | strategic |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | important |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | meaningful |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | unimportant |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | significance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | importance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | significance |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | momentous |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | epochal |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | world-shaking |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | evidential |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | fundamental |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | large |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | monumental |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | remarkable |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | probative |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | operative |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | portentous |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | critical |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | decisive |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | essential |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | noncrucial |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | importance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | criticality |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | decisive |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | life-and-death |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | pivotal |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | grandness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | influential |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | immodest |