Synonyms for significant
sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kəntsig·nif·i·cant

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1. significant

   Synonyms:
   expressive, momentous, suggestive, indicative, forcible, weighty, symbolical, telling, speaking

   Antonyms:
   inexpressive, meaningless, expressionless, unindicative, mute

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1. significant, importantadjective

   important in effect or meaning

   "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"

   Synonyms:
   substantial, meaning(a), of import, pregnant, important, authoritative, crucial

   Antonyms:
   inconsiderable, trivial, slight, fragile, hole-and-corner, flimsy, meaningless, thin, insignificant, inappreciable, superficial, nonsignificant, light, hole-in-corner, nonmeaningful, unimportant, tenuous

2. significant, substantialadjective

   fairly large

   "won by a substantial margin"

   Synonyms:
   substantial, square, hearty, real, pregnant, important, material, substantive, solid, meaning(a), strong, satisfying

   Antonyms:
   inappreciable, hole-in-corner, light, slight, fragile, thin, nonsignificant, meaningless, flimsy, inconsiderable, nonmeaningful, tenuous, unimportant, trivial, hole-and-corner, insignificant, superficial

3. significantadjective

   too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation

   "the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level"; "no significant difference was found"

   Synonyms:
   meaning(a), important, substantial, pregnant

   Antonyms:
   light, inconsiderable, hole-in-corner, unimportant, insignificant, superficial, tenuous, nonmeaningful, trivial, flimsy, inappreciable, slight, thin, fragile, meaningless, nonsignificant, hole-and-corner

4. meaning(a), pregnant, significantadjective

   rich in significance or implication

   "a meaning look"

   Antonyms:
   hole-in-corner, nonsignificant, nonmeaningful, hole-and-corner, fragile, unimportant, trivial, inconsiderable, meaningless, slight, inappreciable, superficial, flimsy, thin, insignificant, light, tenuous

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1. particular

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

2. cogentadjective

   Submitted by Providence on July 16, 2023  

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1. significantadjective

   Synonyms:
   betokening, indicative, expressive, pregnant with meaning

2. significantadjective

   Synonyms:
   important, weighty, momentous

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1. significantadjective

   Synonyms:
   momentous, important, indicative, significative

   Antonyms:
   insignificant, unimportant, meaningless

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1. List of paraphrases for "significant":

   important, considerable, meaningful, substantial, major, notable, large, great, remarkable, appreciable, big, sizeable, serious, noticeable, sensitive, marked, importance, huge, key, significantly, strong, enormous, prominent, tremendous, noteworthy, high, extensive, significant, essential, notices, significance, crucial, critical, much, vital, substantive, relevant, sizable, dramatic, main, momentous, negligible

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How to use significant in a sentence?

1. Raini Brunson:

   As part of our support, USACE researched a variety of deterrent options, which included the construction of a trench as part of the barrier system along the southern border, after we performed a feasibility analysis, USACE did not execute trench construction as part of the final barrier system due to it being both cost-prohibitive and causing significant schedule delays.

2. Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry:

   The Ecuadorian government notices that these falsehoods are also an attempt to tarnish the dignity of the country, when they issue falsehoods, the asylee and his associates express once more their ingratitude and disrespect towards Ecuador, instead of showing gratitude towards the country that has welcomed him for nearly seven years, incurred significant expenditures to pay for his stay at the embassy, has borne their rudeness and to whom he, paradoxically, has filed a lawsuit against for adopting a cohabitation protocol in order to prevent his bad behavior from taking place again.

3. John Layden:

   We're in a period of significant disruption where everyone is scrambling — but it's the way supply chains work today.

4. Economy Minister Eli Cohen:

   This is a significant step for exporters and the Israeli industry, which will enable both expansion of export opportunities as well as rising employment ... in the field.

5. Taner Akcam:

   We would have to accept that a significant number of our founding fathers participated in the genocide or became rich from pilfering. It's very difficult for any nation to declare its liberation heroes were murderers and thieves.