What are some opposite words for important?

Antonyms for important
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  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, 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, 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, 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, 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 Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. importantadjective

    Synonyms:
    momentous, material, essential, pompous, consequential

How to use important in a sentence?

  1. Edward Morgan Forster:

    They go forth with well-developed bodies, fairly developed minds and undeveloped hearts. An undeveloped heart-not a cold one. The difference is important.

  2. Julia Bennett:

    One of the key tenants of consent is that it is reversible and that people can change their minds, it's still important to maintain a consensus and a respect for people's boundaries.

  3. Carol Beckwith:

    It's really important for change to happen, but ... in a way that works without losing your identity.

  4. Daphne Oz:

    I think all moms are constantly juggling and are always running out of hours in the day, and our to-do lists are never checked off, and our inboxes are always overflowing, and it can feel really exhausting and self-defeating to see your to-do lists are never checked off, the reality is if you are being graded, which you are not… it’s OK if your grade fluctuates day to day. It’s OK if you’re an A mother today and a B employee and C wife and tomorrow all of those things change. I think it’s important for us to be a little bit more forgiving with ourselves and a little more forgiving with each other.

  5. Gina Duncan:

    Equality Florida's important to determine how we can get at the root cause of this and what is putting our community in harms way, we definitely saw a gap in the cultural competency of law enforcement. Work with the community has improved matters, but there's still much work to be done.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#398little
#573important
#1008mean
#2673minor
#2766secondary
#7807lightweight
#10026modest
#12556trivial
#13150irrelevant
#13331petty
#20267insignificant
#21700potty
#24087indifferent
#32026unimportant
#41631immaterial
#43443picayune
#44547fiddling
#57684inconsequential
#118861inconsiderable
#133580niggling
#208631piddling
#248286lilliputian

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