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Synonyms for significance
sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kənssig·nif·i·cance
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Princeton's WordNet
significancenoun
the quality of being significant
"do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"
Synonyms:
meaning, import, implication, significationAntonyms:
insignificancesignificance, 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, import, consequence, moment, meaning, deduction, signification, entailment, conditional relation, logical implication, importation, implicationAntonyms:
insignificancemeaning, 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, import, consequence, moment, meaning, substance, signification, importation, implicationAntonyms:
insignificance
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
significancenoun
significancenoun
Synonyms:
importance, consequence, weight, moment
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
significancenoun
Synonyms:
meaning, import, consequence, importance, force
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "significance":
importance, meaning, relevance, important, scope, weight, sense, significant, interest, prominence, value, emphasis
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#410 | value | |
#573 | important | |
#653 | interest | |
#887 | weight | |
#1406 | significant | |
#1568 | sense | |
#2258 | moment | |
#2764 | meaning | |
#2780 | import | |
#2946 | importance | |
#3270 | scope | |
#4308 | substance | |
#4487 | emphasis | |
#6192 | significance | |
#7211 | relevance | |
#8419 | consequence | |
#11400 | deduction | |
#17846 | implication | |
#23426 | importation | |
#25645 | prominence | |
#65094 | signification | |
#89358 | entailment |
How to use significance in a sentence?
At the same time, I don’t minimize the significance of this terrorist attack. It’s a very clear indication that this is a global phenomenon and that people who are committed to this jihadist doctrine are going to be killing people in very unexpected places. So we have to be, as I said, we have to be on guard and we have to do whatever we can do.
I'm not making a judgment about the culpability of somebody that was involved in this. The information we're after. But I do believe because of the great historical significance of this invasion of the home, that we need total transparency. And I believe particularly Director Wray of the FBI needs to make very clear that he understands, and I know to some extent he understands because I had whistleblowers tell me about the political bias that some people that are high up making decisions to investigate or not investigate. And he moved that person out of it. So he knows he has a problem. How big the problem is, I don't really know how big it is.
The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.
Tens of millions are added to the ranks of the Arabs, Africans and Gypsies who will show no tolerance once they realize the power that their demographic significance lends them, our ethnic community must come first... there is no equality.
Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1950):
When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies, then the "division" of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form.
Translations for significance
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- معنىArabic
- significatCatalan, Valencian
- významCzech
- pwysigrwyddWelsh
- BedeutungGerman
- σημασία, νόημαGreek
- significadoSpanish
- tärkeys, merkitys, tarkoitusFinnish
- significationFrench
- tábhachtIrish
- ciall, cudthrom, brìghScottish Gaelic
- jelentés, jelentőség, fontosság, értelemHungarian
- maknaIndonesian
- significanzaItalian
- 意義, 重要性, 意味Japanese
- សារៈសំខាន់Khmer
- 중요성Korean
- importantie, belang, betekenisDutch
- significância, significadoPortuguese
- importanță, semnificativitate, semnificanțăRomanian
- значение, смыслRussian
- vážnōst, znáčēnje, znȁčājSerbo-Croatian
- betydelseSwedish
- ความสำคัญ, ความหมายThai
- önem, anlam, manaTurkish
- ý nghĩaVietnamese
- 意义Chinese
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