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having great meaning or lasting effect<the discovery of penicillin was a very important event in the history of medicine>Synonymsbig, consequential, eventful, major, material, meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, weightyRelated Wordsdecisive, fatal, fateful, strategic; earnest, grave, serious, sincere; distinctive, exceptional, impressive, outstanding, prominent, remarkable; valuable, worthwhile, worthy; distinguished, eminent, great, illustrious, preeminent, prestigious; famous, notorious, renowned; all-important, critical, crucialNear Antonymsinconsiderable, minor, paltry, petty, worthless; anonymous, nameless, obscure, uncelebrated, unknownAntonymsinsignificant, little, minor, slight, small, trivial, unimportant
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having great power or influence<Rachel Carson was an important figure in the environmental movement>Synonymsinfluential, mighty, potent, powerful, puissant, significant, strongRelated Wordshigh-level, senior, top; able, capable, competent, effective, efficient; authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, magisterial, tyrannical (also tyrannic); distinguished, dominant, eminent, famous, great, illustrious, notorious, preeminent, prestigious, renowned; dynamic, energetic, forceful, robust, sturdy, tough, vigorousNear Antonymsfeeble, flimsy, frail, infirm; anonymous, obscure; incapable, incompetent, ineffective, inept, unfit, uselessAntonymsimpotent, insignificant, little, powerless, unimportant, weak
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having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude<an important businessman who always expects special treatment wherever he goes>— see arrogant
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having too high an opinion of oneself<oh, youʼre so important—you think the world revolves around you>— see conceited
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