Antonyms for Important
ɪmˈpɔr tntim·por·tant

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.4 / 7 votes

1. important

   Antonyms:
   insignificant, trivial, inexpressive, irrelevant, inconsiderable, petty, mean, uninfluential, secondary, unimportant, minor

   Synonyms:
   significant, expressive, relevant, main, leading, considerable, great, dignified, influential, weighty, momentous, material, grave, essential

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. important, of importadjective

   of great significance or value

   "important people"; "the important questions of the day"

   Antonyms:
   lightweight, immaterial, fiddling, indifferent, unimportant, uninfluential, little, piffling, piddling, modest, potty, lilliputian, inconsequent, nickel-and-dime, inconsequential, petty, small-time, footling, picayune, trivial, niggling

   Synonyms:
   authoritative, important, crucial, significant, of import

2. significant, importantadjective

   important in effect or meaning

   "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"

   Antonyms:
   footling, immaterial, piffling, lilliputian, unimportant, small-time, nickel-and-dime, modest, inconsequent, little, niggling, inconsequential, fiddling, lightweight, trivial, piddling, uninfluential, indifferent, potty, petty, picayune

   Synonyms:
   substantial, significant, meaning(a), of import, pregnant, important, authoritative, crucial

3. crucial, importantadjective

   of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis

   "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"

   Antonyms:
   piddling, potty, inconsequential, small-time, lightweight, trivial, fiddling, piffling, immaterial, nickel-and-dime, little, lilliputian, inconsequent, niggling, uninfluential, indifferent, modest, petty, picayune, unimportant, footling

   Synonyms:
   essential, all important(p), all-important(a), significant, of import, important, authoritative, crucial, of the essence(p)

4. authoritative, importantadjective

   having authority or ascendancy or influence

   "an important official"; "the captain's authoritative manner"

   Antonyms:
   uninfluential, little, trivial, unimportant, footling, potty, niggling, modest, nickel-and-dime, inconsequent, picayune, small-time, piddling, inconsequential, immaterial, petty, indifferent, fiddling, lightweight, piffling, lilliputian

   Synonyms:
   authorised, significant, classic, authorized, of import, important, crucial, authoritative, definitive, classical

5. importantadjective

   having or suggesting a consciousness of high position

   "recited the decree with an important air"; "took long important strides in the direction of his office"

   Antonyms:
   nickel-and-dime, inconsequent, small-time, inconsequential, piffling, fiddling, little, trivial, indifferent, niggling, modest, potty, footling, petty, piddling, immaterial, lilliputian, picayune, lightweight, uninfluential, unimportant

   Synonyms:
   authoritative, crucial, significant, of import

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. importantadjective

   Synonyms:
   momentous, material, essential, pompous, consequential

How to use Important in a sentence?

1. Lorenzo Cohen:

   It’s very important that they have experience in working with cancer patients, and that they absolutely don’t recommend something in place of conventional care, i would n’t go to a person who recommended supplements and told me to go off chemo, or someone who did n’t take the time to ask what medications I have had so far to treat cancer.

2. Jan Dawson:

   To the extent that Microsoft's vision for Windows 10 is one operating system that runs on devices in all sorts of shapes and sizes, there's been a big piece missing in that vision so far, and that's phones, we've known Windows 10 was coming for phones, but we haven't seen all the details of what a smartphone designed for Windows 10 really looks like. Mobile is easily the largest and most important category of computing devices today, and Microsoft hasn't had a compelling story in this space for years now. This week is their chance to show they can still be relevant in mobile.

3. Thursday Clancy:

   If it is determined that any one of our employees concealed information about this alleged incident, they will be held accountable, our mission is too important for this to happen. It undermines my leadership, and I won't stand for it.

4. George T. French Jr.:

   We understand these past two academic years have been emotionally and financially difficult on students and their families due to the Covid-19 pandemic. That is why we will continue to do all we can to support their efforts to complete their CAU education, their academic and professional future is important to me and the entire Clark Atlanta University family. We care about students and want to lighten their individual and family's financial load so they can continue their journey in pursuing and attaining their educational and professional goals.

5. State Antony Blinken:

   And you know, it's certainly true that, were any of us to provide weapons to Ukraine, Russia could match that and then double that and triple that and quadruple that, but it's also important to have in mind that the Ukrainians should be able to defend themselves and we provided significant security assistance, defensive, non-lethal security assistance to Ukraine to do just that.

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