Synonyms for prominent
ˈprɒm ə nəntprom·i·nent

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1. prominent

   Synonyms:
   jutting, protuberant, relieved, embossed, extended, manifest, conspicuous, eminent, distinguished, main, important, leading, characteristic, distinctive

   Antonyms:
   receding, concave, rebated, indented, hollowed, engraved, intailed, withdrawn, inconspicuous, minor, secondary, unimportant, indistinctive, undistinguishable, subordinate

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1. outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, strikingadjective

   having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

   "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child"

   Synonyms:
   salient(ip), large, striking, owing(p), dramatic, spectacular, great, salient, outstanding, undischarged, big

   Antonyms:
   inconspicuous, invisible

2. big, large, prominentadjective

   conspicuous in position or importance

   "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"

   Synonyms:
   magnanimous, spectacular, bountiful, big, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, braggy, with child(p), striking, giving, bombastic, grownup, grown, large(p), enceinte, tumid, bounteous, liberal, self-aggrandizing, swelled, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), bighearted, expectant, heavy(a), great(p), large, bragging(a), bad, freehanded, turgid, heavy(p), big(a), self-aggrandising, salient, boastful, full-grown, openhanded, declamatory, adult, orotund, gravid, big(p), crowing, outstanding

   Antonyms:
   invisible, inconspicuous

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1. outstand

   standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable

   her eyes are her most prominent feature.

   Submitted by rinat on June 5, 2017  

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1. prominentadjective

   Synonyms:
   protuberant, projecting

2. prominentadjective

   Synonyms:
   conspicuous, eminent, celebrated, distinguished, famous

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1. prominentadjective

   Synonyms:
   protuberant, conspicuous, salient, eminent, distinguished

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1. List of paraphrases for "prominent":

   eminent, outstanding, leading, distinguished, salient, conspicuous, pre-eminent, high-profile, senior, top, renowned, important, famous, notable, well-known, remarkable, predominant, significant, dominant, visible, major, striking, preponderant, featured

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1. Auguste Comte, Philosophie Positive (1830):

   Every attempt to employ mathematical methods in the study of chemical questions must be considered profoundly irrational and contrary to the spirit of chemistry... If mathematical analysis should ever had prominent place in chemistry - an aberration, which is happily almost impossible - it would be a rapid and widespread degeneration of that science.

2. Lao Tzu:

   The more laws and order are made prominent, The more thieves and robbers there will be.

3. Philip Seymour Hoffman:

   And so I thank you for casting this short, 29-year-old, unknown actor with a prominent nose to play Benjamin Braddock, god bless you, sir. You're more than a great director. You're a real artist down to your toes, because you're insanely courageous.

4. Will Rogers:

   When I die, my epitaph or whatever you call those signs on gravestones is going to read: I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I dident like. I am so proud of that I can hardly wait to die so it can be carved. And when you come to my grave you will find me sitting there, proudly reading it.

5. Mark Hamill:

   I don’t know what the specific plans were for the character, but since Han was more prominent in VII, Luke was more prominent in VIII, we assumed that Leia would be more prominent in IX, especially with the dynamic of Kylo Ren being her son, i think it would be tough recasting because she’s so indelibly linked to that character.