1. important
adjective. ['ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt'] of great significance or value.
Synonyms
- essential
- significant
- main
- necessary
- chief
- principal
- key
- crucial
- major
- relevant
- salient
- prime
- dominant
- foremost
- supreme
- burning
- cardinal
- importance
- central
- great
- all important
- outstanding
- of the essence
- grave
- measurable
- big
- serious
- of import
- primary
- grand
- eventful
- in-chief
- historic
- most-valuable
- Copernican
- weighty
- all-important
- fundamental
- alpha
- distinguished
- grievous
- consequential
- heavy
- master
- primal
- strategic
- principal
- beta
Antonyms
- inessential
- unimportant
- unimportance
- insignificant
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Words that Rhyme with Important
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- unimportant
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- unrepentant
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How do you pronounce important?
Pronounce important as ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt.
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How do you spell important? Is it importan ?
A common misspelling of important is importan
Example sentences of the word important
1. Adjective
Elaborate on why the goal was important and worth pursuing.
Quotes containing the word important
1. I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
- Albert Einstein
2. The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
- Theodore Roosevelt
3. Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
- Abraham Lincoln
2. self-important
adjective. having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride.
Synonyms
- arrogant
- chesty
Antonyms
- modest
- unimpressive
- frail
Etymology
- important (English)
- self- (English)
3. all-important
adjective. of the greatest importance.
Synonyms
- essential
- important
- of import
- all important
- of the essence
Antonyms
- noncritical
- inessential
- indecisive
- noncrucial
4. important-looking
adjective. impressive in appearance.
Antonyms
- unmoving
5. important
adjective. ['ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt'] important in effect or meaning.
Synonyms
- profound
- large
- epochal
- evidential
- world-shaking
- probative
- significant
- epoch-making
- of import
- probatory
- prodigious
- earthshaking
- noteworthy
- fundamental
- remarkable
- monumental
- operative
- portentous
- meaningful
- world-shattering
- evidentiary
- momentous
Antonyms
- meaningless
- insignificant
- peripheral
- bad
6. important
adjective. ['ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt'] of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis.
Synonyms
- pivotal
- decisive
- essential
- life-or-death
- life-and-death
- polar
- critical
Antonyms
- inessential
- indecisive
- noncrucial
- unworthy
7. important
adjective. ['ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt'] having authority or ascendancy or influence.
Synonyms
- authoritative
Antonyms
- ordinal
- inessentiality
8. important
adjective. ['ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt'] having or suggesting a consciousness of high position.
Antonyms
- cheap