Synonyms for import
ɪmˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt, ˈɪm pɔrt, -poʊrt; ˈɪm pɔrt, -poʊrtim·port

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. import

   Synonyms:
   introduce, bring

   Antonyms:
   export, banish

2. import

   Synonyms:
   purport, meaning, drift, tenor, significance

   Antonyms:
   statement, proceeding

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. import, importationnoun

   commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country

   Synonyms:
   importee, consequence, moment, meaning, signification, significance, importing, importation, implication

   Antonyms:
   export, exportation

2. import, importeenoun

   an imported person brought from a foreign country

   "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"; "they are descendants of indentured importees"

   Synonyms:
   importee, consequence, moment, meaning, signification, significance, importation, implication

   Antonyms:
   export, exportation

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   export, exportation

4. 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"

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

   Antonyms:
   export, exportation

5. consequence, import, momentverb

   having important effects or influence

   "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence"

   Synonyms:
   consequence, instant, event, second, minute, bit, aftermath, present moment, effect, result, moment, signification, importee, meaning, implication, here and now, importation, mo, upshot, significance, issue, outcome

   Antonyms:
   exportation, export

6. importverb

   bring in from abroad

   Synonyms:
   spell

   Antonyms:
   export, exportation

7. importverb

   transfer (electronic data) into a database or document

   Synonyms:
   spell

   Antonyms:
   exportation, export

8. spell, importverb

   indicate or signify

   "I'm afraid this spells trouble!"

   Synonyms:
   spell out, spell, write

   Antonyms:
   exportation, export

Matched Categories

1. • Commerce
   • Commodity
   • Computing
   • Foreigner
   • Meaning
   • Message
   • Trade
   • Transfer

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. importverb

   Synonyms:
   bring into (a country from abroad)

2. importverb

   Synonyms:
   imply, denote, purport, signify, betoken, mean

3. importverb

   Synonyms:
   concern, be of importance to, be of consequence to, be of interest to

4. importnoun

   Synonyms:
   signification, meaning, purport, sense, drift, gist, spirit, bearing, tenor, intention

5. importnoun

   Synonyms:
   imported merchandise

6. importnoun

   Synonyms:
   importance, consequence, weight, moment, significance

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "import":

   importation, imports, importing, imported, importations, entrance, importer, 'importation

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How to use import in a sentence?

1. Shi Yongxin:

   If China can import Disney resorts, why can't other countries import the Shaolin Monastery? cultural promotion is a very dignified undertaking.

2. William James:

   We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.

3. Kenneth Heinz:

   Falling foreign currency reserves, higher import costs and lower oil revenue have increased the EM risk paradigm into year end, resulting in greater macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty, but also increased opportunity across emerging markets.

4. Med Jones:

   Countries that quit producing real products, spend more than they produce, lag in education, burden their middle class with higher taxes, and continue to import billions from other countries, bail out failed businesses and reward bad behavior instead of investing in good businesses, will eventually lose their leadership and wealth

5. Rob Martin:

   We expect import prices to decline further over the medium term as the effects of past dollar appreciation continue to weigh on prices, ongoing economic weakness in many emerging markets combined with the recent further declines in commodity prices is likely to keep import prices from emerging markets declining for some time.