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significance
Overview of noun significance
The noun significance has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (21) significance -- (the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power")
2. (8) significance, import, implication -- (a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication")
3. (2) meaning, significance, signification, import -- (the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun significance
3 senses of significance
Sense 1
significance
=> importance
=> value
=> worth
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
significance, import, implication
=> meaning, substance
=> idea, thought
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
meaning, significance, signification, import
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun significance
2 of 3 senses of significance
Sense 1
significance
=> historicalness
=> meaningfulness
=> consequence, import, moment
Sense 3
meaning, significance, signification, import
=> lexical meaning
=> grammatical meaning
=> symbolization, symbolisation
=> sense, signified
=> intension, connotation
=> referent
=> effect, essence, burden, core, gist
=> intent, purport, spirit
=> moral, lesson
=> nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement
=> overtone
=> point
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun significance
3 senses of significance
Sense 1
significance
=> importance
Sense 2
significance, import, implication
=> meaning, substance
Sense 3
meaning, significance, signification, import
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
Antonyms of noun significance
1 of 3 senses of significance
Sense 1
significance
Antonym of insignificance (Sense 1)
=>insignificance
Member Holonyms of noun significance
Substance Holonyms of noun significance
Part Holonyms of noun significance
Member Meronyms of noun significance
Substance Meronyms of noun significance
Part Meronyms of noun significance
Meronyms of noun significance
Holonyms of noun significance
Attributes of noun significance
1 of 3 senses of significance
Sense 1
significance
=> significant (vs. insignificant), important
=> insignificant (vs. significant), unimportant
Derived Forms of noun significance
3 senses of significance
Sense 1
significance
RELATED TO>(adj) significant#1
=> significant, important
Sense 2
significance, import, implication
RELATED TO>(adj) significant#4
=> meaning(prenominal), pregnant, significant
Sense 3
meaning, significance, signification, import
RELATED TO>(adj) significant#4
=> meaning(prenominal), pregnant, significant
RELATED TO>(verb) signify#2
=> signify
Domain of noun significance
Domain Terms of noun significance
Familiarity of noun significance
significance used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun significance
3 senses of significance
Sense 1
significance
> importance
=> big deal
=> magnitude
=> account
=> momentousness
=> prominence
=> greatness, illustriousness
=> significance
=> essentiality, essentialness
=> urgency
=> weight, weightiness
Sense 2
significance, import, implication
> meaning, substance
=> significance, import, implication
=> tenor, strain
=> undertone, undercurrent
=> reference, denotation, extension
=> reference
=> connotation
Sense 3
meaning, significance, signification, import
> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> body
=> corker
=> reminder
=> request, petition, postulation
=> memorial
=> latent content
=> subject, topic, theme
=> digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis
=> meaning, significance, signification, import
=> nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
=> drivel, garbage
=> acknowledgment, acknowledgement
=> refusal
=> information, info
=> guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
=> commitment, dedication
=> approval, commendation
=> disapproval
=> respects
=> disrespect, discourtesy
=> interpolation, insertion
=> statement
=> statement
=> wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
=> opinion, view
=> direction, instruction
=> proposal
=> offer, offering
=> submission, entry
=> narrative, narration, story, tale
=> promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging
=> sensationalism
=> shocker
Meronyms of noun significance
3 senses of significance
Holonyms of noun significance
Grep of noun significance
insignificance
significance
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