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Synonyms 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"

    Synonyms:
    meaning, import, implication, signification

    Antonyms:
    insignificance

  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"

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

    Antonyms:
    insignificance

  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, import, consequence, moment, meaning, substance, signification, importation, implication

    Antonyms:
    insignificance

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. significancenoun

    Synonyms:
    meaning, import, purport, sense

  2. significancenoun

    Synonyms:
    importance, consequence, weight, moment

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. significancenoun

    Synonyms:
    meaning, import, consequence, importance, force

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How to use significance in a sentence?

  1. Army Gen. John Nicholson:

    I would not call it strategic significance, but it definitively has a significant local significance in terms of the fight in southern Afghanistan.

  2. Henri Cartier-Bresson:

    To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.

  3. Pablo Casals:

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

  4. Albert Einstein:

    Of what significance is one's one existence, one is basically unaware. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life The bitter and the sweet come from outside. The hard from within, from one's own efforts. For the most part I do what my own nature drives me to do. It is embarrassing to earn such respect and love for it.

  5. Laurence J. Peter:

    If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk


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