Antonyms for significance
sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kənssig·nif·i·cance

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1. significancenoun

   the quality of being significant

   "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"

   Antonyms:
   insignificance

   Synonyms:
   meaning, import, implication, signification

2. significance, import, implicationnoun

   a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

   "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"

   Antonyms:
   insignificance

   Synonyms:
   importee, import, consequence, moment, meaning, deduction, signification, entailment, conditional relation, logical implication, importation, implication

3. meaning, significance, signification, importnoun

   the message that is intended or expressed or signified

   "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"

   Antonyms:
   insignificance

   Synonyms:
   importee, import, consequence, moment, meaning, substance, signification, importation, implication

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1. significancenoun

   Synonyms:
   meaning, import, consequence, importance, force

How to use significance in a sentence?

1. Pablo Casals:

   The capacity to care is what gives life its most deepest significance.

2. Riccardo Gatti:

   In the first moments, we thought that it probably belonged to someone that was dead or lost in the trip, the significance and the meaning of what this was like' Wow... here's something that really belonged to someone and we do not know where they are or if they still are'.

3. Russian Orthodox Church:

   We have entered into a struggle that has not a physical, but a metaphysical significance.

4. Andrei Kolesnikov:

   Of course, the new generations do not really understand the significance of the holiday, those who do understand and know history are horrified by the way Putin has privatized it.

5. Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho:

   If the privatisation does not succeed, today we know what the alternative is: a restructuring which can only be based on big lay-offs, route reductions, reduction of equipment and thereby a reduction of the operation and significance of the company, that is, transforming TAP into a mini TAP, which is not in the interests of workers, the economy nor the Portuguese.

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