significance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the quality of being significant
do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power
Types & categories
- importance hypernym
- historicalness hyponym
- meaningfulness hyponym
- consequence hyponym
Related & opposite
- insignificance antonym
- significant attribute
- unimportant attribute
- significant derivation
Sense 2 noun
a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
the significance of his remark became clear only later
Types & categories
- meaning hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
what is the meaning of this sentence
Types & categories
- subject matter hypernym
- lexical meaning hyponym
- grammatical meaning hyponym
- symbolization hyponym
- signified hyponym
- connotation hyponym
- referent hyponym
- gist hyponym
- purport hyponym
- moral hyponym
- subtlety hyponym
- overtone hyponym
- point hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | insignificance |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | significant |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | unimportant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | significant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | importance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | historicalness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | meaningfulness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | consequence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | imply |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spell |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | entail |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | meaninga |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | meaning |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | signify |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | signify |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spell |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mean |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | meaninga |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | subject matter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lexical meaning |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | grammatical meaning |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | symbolization |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | signified |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | connotation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | referent |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gist |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | purport |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | moral |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | subtlety |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | overtone |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | point |