Synonyms for important
Another word for important is of import, great or big. Below are 55 synonyms across 5 senses, with antonyms.
1. adjective: of great significance or value
- of import synonyms
- great synonyms
- big synonyms
- all-important synonyms
- all important synonyms
- main synonyms
- key synonyms
- central synonyms
- chief synonyms
- in-chief
- serious synonyms
- significant synonyms
- heavy synonyms
- master synonyms
- grand synonyms
- primary synonyms
- essential synonyms
- principal synonyms
- valuable synonyms
- most-valuable
- burning synonyms
- outstanding synonyms
- historic synonyms
- strategic synonyms
- fundamental synonyms
Antonyms
- unimportant synonyms
2. adjective: important in effect or meaning
- significant synonyms
- large synonyms
- fundamental synonyms
- remarkable synonyms
- meaningful synonyms
- of import synonyms
- notable synonyms
- world-shaking
- profound synonyms
- operative synonyms
- monumental synonyms
- noteworthy
- world-shattering
- epoch-making
- momentous
- prodigious
- evidentiary
- evidential
- portentous
- epochal
- probative
- earthshaking
- probatory
3. adjective: of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
- crucial synonyms
- life-and-death
- life-or-death
- critical synonyms
- essential synonyms
- polar synonyms
- decisive synonyms
- pivotal
4. adjective: having authority or ascendancy or influence
- authoritative synonyms
- influential synonyms
5. adjective: having or suggesting a consciousness of high position
- immodest
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Questions people ask
What is another word for important?
You can say of import, great, big, all-important or all important instead of important. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "of great significance or value".
What is the opposite of important?
The opposite of important is unimportant.
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