Adjectives for important

Other Words for Important

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Sometimes the word “important” isn’t sufficient. Here are a few other words you could use instead.

Important

Synonyms: essential, significant, crucial, substantial

What Does “Important” Mean?

Important means “of great significance or value,” and when referring to a person, “having high rank or status.”

It was important for my daughter that the whole family attend her ballet recital.

What Are Other Words for “Important”?

A few other words you can use instead of important are:

• essential
• critical
• consequential
• meaningful
• momentous
• significant
• influential
• crucial
• substantial
• major
• monumental
• pivotal

What Are Antonyms for “Important”?

Words with opposite meanings from that of important include:

• unimportant
• insignificant
• meaningless
• unsubstantial
• nonessential
• useless
• unnecessary
• minor

What Are Other Word Forms of “Important?”

The word important has a few other word forms. Here’s how to use them in a sentence:

1) Importantly: adverb used to state/emphasize a significant matter

Most importantly, though, the young siblings were reunited.

Importantly can also be used to refer to a self-important or pompous manner.

The man talked importantly, as if he were the President of the United States instead of just the president of the apartment complex.

2) Importance: noun used to refer to the quality of being important

It was of upmost importance for the package to be delivered on time.

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IMPORTANT Synonyms: 142 Synonyms & Antonyms for IMPORTANT

See definition of important on Dictionary.com

• adj.valuable, substantial
• adj.eminent, influential, outstanding

synonyms for important

• big
• critical
• crucial
• decisive
• essential
• extensive
• far-reaching
• great
• imperative
• influential
• large
• meaningful
• necessary
• paramount
• relevant
• serious
• significant
• urgent
• vital
• big-league
• bottom-line
• chief
• considerable
• conspicuous
• determining
• earnest
• esteemed
• exceptional
• exigent
• foremost
• front-page
• grave
• heavy
• importunate
• marked
• material
• mattering much
• momentous
• of moment
• of note
• of substance
• ponderous
• pressing
• primary
• principal
• salient
• signal
• something
• standout
• weighty

See also synonyms for: importantly / unimportant

• effective
• extraordinary
• noteworthy
• powerful
• prominent
• remarkable
• solid
• aristocratic
• big-time
• big-wheel
• distinctive
• distinguished
• esteemed
• famous
• first-class
• foremost
• four-star
• front-page
• grand
• heavy
• high-level
• high-profile
• high-ranking
• high-up
• honored
• illustrious
• imposing
• incomparable
• leading
• majestic
• major-league
• noble
• notable
• noted
• of note
• page-one
• potent
• preeminent
• seminal
• signal
• superior
• talented
• top-drawer
• top-notch
• upper-class
• VIP
• well-known

antonyms for important

MOST RELEVANT

• dull
• inessential
• insignificant
• little
• meaningless
• miniature
• minor
• narrow
• optional
• secondary
• short
• small
• tiny
• trivial
• uncritical
• unimportant
• unnecessary
• useless
• voluntary
• weak
• inappreciable
• nonessential
• powerless
• unknown
• unsubstantial
• worthless

• common
• impotent
• incapable
• ineffective
• normal
• ordinary
• unimportant
• usual
• weak
• inappreciable
• insignificant
• little
• nonessential
• powerless
• small
• trivial
• unknown
• unsubstantial
• worthless

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How to use important in a sentence

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The most important thing you can do when you’re in the 50 Best is enjoy it, because it’s not going to last.

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We want to see China rise, to continue to rise in a responsible way that will benefit you most, China, because you have an important role to play.

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If we had much smaller testing, would have fewer, but we feel that having testing is a very important thing.

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Crime and safety and health care rank next on the list of most important issues.

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This change we are striving for is necessary and important and should not be done in secret.

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It was important to the AAC that I’m an authentic climber—building a lifestyle around climbing—but wasn’t important to know what or what not I’ve climbed.

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Apple’s operations division is perhaps the company’s most important.

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And, most important, how important that example was to young people up there, especially those trying to figure out who they are and whether there’s a place for them in the world.

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But I hope at least to play to him a few times, and what is more important, to hear him play repeatedly.

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WORDS RELATED TO IMPORTANT

• effective
• forceful
• important
• influential
• powerful
• significant

• big-deal
• big-time
• blue-chip
• chief
• critical
• crucial
• exceptional
• foremost
• four-star
• front-page
• great
• high-power
• important
• impressive
• influential
• large
• leading
• major
• playing hard ball
• prominent
• significant

• big-deal
• big-league
• big-shot
• blue-chip
• foremost
• important
• impressive
• influential
• large
• leading
• major
• major-league
• prominent
• significant

• cardinal
• critical
• crucial
• essential
• fundamental
• important
• indispensable
• necessary
• underlying
• vital

• basic
• cardinal
• central
• chief
• controlling
• dominant
• first
• foremost
• fundamental
• important
• leading
• major
• number one
• outstanding
• overruling
• paramount
• predominant
• preeminent
• primary
• prime
• principal
• prominent
• underlying
• vital

• acclaimed
• big
• big-name
• eminent
• famed
• glorious
• great
• high-powered
• high-profile
• illustrious
• immortal
• important
• large
• laureate
• lionized
• notable
• number one
• numero uno
• outstanding
• popular
• preeminent
• prominent
• renowned
• revered
• storied
• up there
• well-known

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Translation of the word important

We offer you a translation of important in English, German and French.
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• English
• German
• French

• important - significant, critical, significant, most important, vital
  • important role
  • critical application - critical application
  momentous decision
  • vital importance - vital importance
• significant - significant, serious, weighty
  • substantial reforms
  • very important - very significant
• key - key
  • key point
• relevant - relevant
  • relevant aspect
• essential essential
  • essential element
• importance
  • exceptionally important - exceptional importance
• major - main, large, significant
  • next major step
  • big shot
• matter - material
  • matter of fact
• great - large
  • great value
• valuable - valuable
  • important report - valuable report
• sensitive - sensitive
  • sensitive information
• influential - influential
  • influential factor
• grave - serious
• solemn - solemn
• grand - solemn
• consequential - subsequent
• responsible - responsible
• purposeful purposeful

• wichtig - significant, significant
  • especially important - besonders wichtiges
  • important role - bedeutungsvolle Rolle
• wesentlich - essential, significant
  • important - wesentliche Bedeutung
  • no less important - ebenso bedeutsam
  • important advantage - erheblicher Vorteil
  • important improvement - signifikante Verbesserung
• groß - significant, large
  • important factor - ein großer Faktor
• relevant - significant
• maßgeblich - significant
• ernst - serious, significant
• höher - high
• gewichtig - significant
• weitreichend - far reaching
  • important - weitreichende Bedeutung
• erstklassig - primary

• important - significant, main, important, serious
  • important amino acids
  • important differences - grands honneurs
  • important role
  • important advantages - gros avantages
• crucial
  • autre aspect crucial
• majeur - the most important
  • important roles - rôles majeurs
• d'importance
• consequent significant
• pertinent significant
• haut - significant
• précieux - essential
• grave - essential
• de marque - significant
• de conséquence - serious
• mainline - mainline

Relationship with other words

Words ending in -important:

• unimportant
• unimportant
• important
• brave
• archival
• important

Hypo-hyperonymic relations

important essential

What or who is important (nouns)?

Selection of nouns for the word based on the Russian language.

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Antonyms of the word important

unimportant unimportant insignificant insignificant

Hyponyms of the word important

1. essential most important
2. prim
3. invaluable
4. small

Scope of the word important

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Morphological analysis (part of speech) of the word important

Part of speech:

adjective

genus:

Male

Number:

only

Complexation:

CADE:

Prequeech

Synonyms for important

significant (adjective) , serious.