more important
Of greater significance
More important introduces a point of greater significance than what preceded it.
The phrase typically appears at sentence beginnings to signal a shift in emphasis: The plan saves money. More important, it saves lives.
Some insist on more importantly, but both forms are standard and interchangeable in this use.
- crucialOf supreme importance
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- of the essenceVitally important, non-negotiable
- paramountOf supreme significance
above all else · critical · urgent · top priority · priority · significant · weightier · pressing · first and foremost · foremost · key · pivotal · front and center · central · primary · dominant · major · bigger picture
more importantless important
Of lower significance
unimportant · trivial · insignificant · minor · secondary
more importantperipheral
External computer add-on
marginal · nonessential · dispensable · superfluous · incidental
more, important, importance, importantly, unimportant, import