Significant Definition & Meaning

significant
adjective
  1. important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"
  2. fairly large; "won by a substantial margin"
  3. 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"
  4. rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look"

Synonyms for significant

big adv

extremely well; "his performance went over big" in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" on a grand scale

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considerable adj

large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree; "a considerable quantity

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earthshaking adj

loud enough to shake the very earth sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; "earthshaking proposals

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epochal adj

highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era

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evidential adj

serving as or based on evidence; "evidential signs of a forced entry"; "its evidentiary value"

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evidentiary adj

pertaining to or constituting evidence; "evidentiary technique"; "an evidentiary fact" serving as or based on evidence

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fundamental adj

serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem

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important adj

of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" important in effect or meaning

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key adj

serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem

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large adv

at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark) with the wind abaft the beam

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"Significant" in song lyrics

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  • "The little issues in life are seemin much less significant"
    Akrobatik f/ Brenna Gethers — Rain
  • "My throughts are intricate, magnificient, significant"
    The Beatnuts f/ A.L., Rawcotiks — Let Off a Couple II
  • "Choppin' heads, the significant"
    Buddha Monk f/ Da Manchuz — Long Axe, Short Axe

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What does significant mean?
important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant" fairly large; "won by a substantial margin" 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" rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look"
What part of speech is significant?
Significant is an adjective.
How many definitions does significant have?
Significant has 4 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).

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