Important definition

Important as an adjective

1. of great significance or value

   "important people"

   Same sense: of import

2. important in effect or meaning

   Same sense: significant

3. of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis

   Same sense: crucial

4. having authority or ascendancy or influence

   "an important official"

   Same sense: authoritative

5. having or suggesting a consciousness of high position

   "recited the decree with an important air"

Synonyms and antonyms

• of import
• significant
• crucial
• authoritative

Opposite: unimportant.

All synonyms of important, sense by sense

How to say important

Important has 3 syllables and rhymes with unimportant. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with important

• unimportant

IMPORTANT in word games

Scrabble

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Words With Friends

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Anagrams

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