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. • Statistics

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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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1. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   The United States continues to have assets and resources in the region that will allow us to take steps where necessary to continue to apply significant pressure to extremist targets and to keep the American people safe, but it is true that that coordination would be more effective if there were U.S. personnel in the country.

2. Steven Taylor:

   The people who need these medicines have been through significant trials and tribulations to get to the point where they need these medicines, and to all of a sudden have a shortage is terrifying for a lot of people. it isn't easy to switch drugs, especially when you're on a serious drug like Actemra.

3. Gary Crittenden:

   We are pleased to have reached this agreement with Vista, which delivers significant immediate cash value to our shareholders, and positions Pluralsight to continue meeting and exceeding the expectations of our customers.

4. Jeff Weaver:

   At every stop, the media had an explanation for why the crowds weren't significant, 5,000 people here? 'Oh, that's Bernie's home city.' New Hampshire, 'Oh, that's next door.' We went to Minneapolis and had 4,000 people -- 'Oh, well, that's the Frost Belt. Frost Belt people like him.' Then we went to Denver, and it was 'college liberals.'.

5. Andrew Hampton:

   I have informed Spark that a significant network security risk was identified.