Synonyms of important

important

adjective

1

as in major

having great meaning or lasting effect

the discovery of penicillin was a very important event in the history of medicine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• major
• significant
• historic
• big
• meaningful
• much
• substantial
• momentous
• exceptional
• pivotal
• monumental
• tectonic
• crucial
• remarkable
• distinguished
• noteworthy
• consequential
• eventful
• material
• decisive
• outstanding
• valuable
• notable
• prominent
• great
• earthshaking
• strategic
• distinctive
• earth-shattering
• outstanding
• serious
• worthy
• worthwhile
• weighty
• key
• seminal
• essential
• impressive
• critical
• vital
• fatal
• famous
• earnest
• fateful
• central
• prestigious
• sincere
• eminent
• illustrious
• noble
• grave
• renowned
• all-important
• notorious
• preeminent
• heavy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unimportant
• small
• trivial
• insignificant
• little
• minor
• negligible
• inconsequential
• inconsiderable
• trifling
• slight
• worthless
• petty
• unknown
• obscure
• paltry
• anonymous
• nameless
• uncelebrated

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• unimportant
• small
• trivial
• insignificant
• little
• minor
• negligible
• inconsequential
• inconsiderable
• trifling
• slight
• worthless
• petty
• unknown
• obscure
• paltry
• anonymous
• nameless
• uncelebrated

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2

as in influential

having great power or influence

Rachel Carson was an important figure in the environmental movement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• influential
• significant
• powerful
• strong
• prominent
• potent
• mighty
• great
• senior
• outstanding
• effective
• heavy
• distinguished
• notable
• top
• efficient
• noteworthy
• able
• famous
• celebrated
• capable
• dominant
• puissant
• heavy-duty
• competent
• prestigious
• renowned
• robust
• dynamic
• notorious
• eminent
• illustrious
• high-level
• noble
• vigorous
• autocratical
• famed
• preeminent
• energetic
• authoritarian
• magisterial
• despotic
• autocratic
• forceful
• tyrannical
• dictatorial
• tyrannic
• high-powered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unimportant
• insignificant
• little
• weak
• powerless
• helpless
• impotent
• feeble
• unknown
• obscure
• flimsy
• infirm
• frail
• anonymous
• ineffective
• incapable
• unfit
• incompetent
• nameless
• unqualified
• unskilled
• inept
• uncelebrated
• unskillful
• inexpert

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• unimportant
• insignificant
• little
• weak
• powerless
• helpless
• impotent
• feeble
• unknown
• obscure
• flimsy
• infirm
• frail
• anonymous
• ineffective
• incapable
• unfit
• incompetent
• nameless
• unqualified
• unskilled
• inept
• uncelebrated
• unskillful
• inexpert

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3

as in arrogant

having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude

an important businessman who always expects special treatment wherever he goes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogant
• superior
• dominant
• cavalier
• masterful
• dominating
• proud
• toplofty
• domineering
• assumptive
• uppity
• presuming
• presumptuous
• uppish
• pretentious
• bumptious
• huffish
• supercilious
• pompous
• imperious
• sniffy
• lofty
• huffy
• haughty
• smug
• highfalutin
• high-and-mighty
• toploftical
• authoritarian
• peremptory
• hifalutin
• chesty
• patronizing
• self-assertive
• high-handed
• high-hat
• overweening
• saucy
• vain
• bossy
• disdainful
• impudent
• snobbish
• magisterial
• condescending
• pontifical
• snobby
• bragging
• vainglorious
• impertinent
• pontificating
• boastful
• lordly
• self-asserting
• egocentric
• bombastic
• stiff-necked
• snooty
• narcissistic
• self-affected
• cocky
• complacent
• uninhibited
• hubristic
• conceited
• egotistic
• blusterous
• egoistic
• forward
• braggy
• prideful
• swaggering
• self-pleased
• self-applauding
• egotistical
• egoistical
• immodest
• extroverted
• orgulous
• braggart
• blustery
• self-centered
• self-flattering
• self-complacent
• self-satisfied
• stuck-up
• unreserved
• brash
• self-conceited
• self-loving
• self-promoting
• extraverted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modest
• humble
• unpretentious
• lowly
• timid
• subdued
• unarrogant
• shy
• passive
• shrinking
• diffident
• unobtrusive
• introverted
• bashful
• sheepish
• compliant
• quiet
• unassuming
• deferential
• demure
• unaggressive
• mousy
• submissive
• overmodest
• meek
• unassertive
• acquiescent
• yielding
• reserved
• self-critical
• cringing
• retiring
• mousey
• self-doubting
• cowering

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• modest
• humble
• unpretentious
• lowly
• timid
• subdued
• unarrogant
• shy
• passive
• shrinking
• diffident
• unobtrusive
• introverted
• bashful
• sheepish
• compliant
• quiet
• unassuming
• deferential
• demure
• unaggressive
• mousy
• submissive
• overmodest
• meek
• unassertive
• acquiescent
• yielding
• reserved
• self-critical
• cringing
• retiring
• mousey
• self-doubting
• cowering

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4

as in proud

having too high an opinion of oneself

oh, you're so important—you think the world revolves around you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• proud
• smug
• vain
• arrogant
• confident
• consequential
• assured
• selfish
• domineering
• biggety
• vainglorious
• complacent
• conceited
• egotistic
• egoistic
• prideful
• bigheaded
• pompous
• swellheaded
• egotistical
• egoistical
• self-important
• biggity
• superior
• fastuous
• bragging
• toplofty
• self-satisfied
• stuck-up
• masterful
• snobbish
• assumptive
• overweening
• cavalier
• bombastic
• uppity
• boastful
• snobby
• self-conceited
• braggy
• cocky
• uppish
• bumptious
• disdainful
• supercilious
• presuming
• snooty
• pontifical
• blusterous
• pretentious
• swaggering
• overconfident
• presumptuous
• huffy
• haughty
• lofty
• braggart
• self-opinionated
• imperious
• blustery
• chesty
• patronizing
• peremptory
• high-and-mighty
• toploftical
• highfalutin
• condescending
• hifalutin
• self-affected
• self-assertive
• high-hat
• self-confident
• self-gratulatory
• self-applauding
• self-assured
• self-adulatory
• high-handed
• holier-than-thou
• lordly
• self-contented
• self-dramatizing
• self-engrossed
• self-asserting
• self-centered
• self-glorifying
• self-congratulatory
• self-promoting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modest
• humble
• diffident
• uncomplacent
• timid
• egoless
• unpretentious
• unassuming
• meek
• unassertive
• self-reproachful
• self-distrustful
• self-reproving
• self-critical
• shrinking
• unarrogant
• introverted
• shy
• bashful
• overmodest
• sheepish
• retiring
• self-doubting
• demure
• mousy
• down-to-earth
• mousey

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• modest
• humble
• diffident
• uncomplacent
• timid
• egoless
• unpretentious
• unassuming
• meek
• unassertive
• self-reproachful
• self-distrustful
• self-reproving
• self-critical
• shrinking
• unarrogant
• introverted
• shy
• bashful
• overmodest
• sheepish
• retiring
• self-doubting
• demure
• mousy
• down-to-earth
• mousey

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an important issue

a serious issue

an urgent issue

a relevant issue

a major issue

a critical issue

important differences

significant differences

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an invaluable contribution

a valuable contribution

a vital contribution

a key contribution

an important role

an integral role

an influential role

a vital role

an essential role

a necessary role

important implications

major implications

serious implications

considerable implications

huge implications

meaningful implications