significance
Why something matters
Significance is the quality of being meaningful or important.
A discovery of great significance changes how we understand something.
Statistical significance indicates results unlikely to have occurred by chance.
The significance of an event may not be apparent until later: We didn't grasp the significance of her resignation at the time.
To look at someone with significance is to convey unspoken meaning.
Result of an action
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- magnitudeSize or scale
- momentBrief period of time
import · prominence · eminence · prestige · distinction · noteworthiness · momentousness · substance
Statement of meaning
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
sense · concept · message · content · context · subtext · nuance · gist
Result of a cause
- outcomeFinal result of events
- resultWhat follows a cause
- ramificationsResulting effects or outcomes
- implicationsSuggested but unspoken meanings
consequence · influence · repercussions · aftermath · resonance · ripple · footprint · legacy
Quality of being applicable
- applicabilityDegree of fitness
- connectionA joining or relation
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
- materialityState of being consequential
bearing · relation · suitability · germaneness · concernment · relatedness · salience · appositeness
Representing concepts through images
- emblemRepresentational sign or device
- representationDepiction or likeness
- iconPictorial screen symbol
- totemSpiritual clan symbol
token · motif · insignia · badge · hallmark · archetype · semiotics · allegory
Probability under null hypothesis
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- varianceSpread around the mean
sample · margin · probability · alpha · hypothesis · deviation · interval · regression
consequence
Result of an action
moment · import · prominence · eminence · prestige · distinction · noteworthiness · momentousness · substance · criticality
definition
Statement of meaning
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- essenceFundamental nature of something
semantics · sense · concept · message · content · context · subtext · nuance · gist · denotation
effect
Result of a cause
- outcomeFinal result of events
- resultWhat follows a cause
- ramificationsResulting effects or outcomes
implications · consequence · influence · repercussions · aftermath · resonance · ripple · footprint · legacy · reach
pertinence
Quality of being applicable
- applicabilityDegree of fitness
- connectionA joining or relation
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
materiality · bearing · relation · suitability · germaneness · concernment · relatedness · salience · appositeness · linkage
symbolism
Representing concepts through images
- emblemRepresentational sign or device
- representationDepiction or likeness
- iconPictorial screen symbol
totem · token · motif · insignia · badge · hallmark · archetype · semiotics · allegory · metaphor
p-value
Probability under null hypothesis
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
variance · sample · margin · probability · alpha · hypothesis · deviation · interval · regression · null
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- importanceimportance, consequence, weight, gravity, magnitude
- emphasisstress, accent, stressing, highlighting, underscoring
- seriousnessgravity, solemnity, earnestness, gravitas, severity
- significancemeaning, importance, relevance, value, worth
- meaningmeaning, sense, denotation, definition, connotation
significanceinsignificance
Lack of consequence or weight
unimportance · triviality · inconsequence · irrelevance · slightness
significancemeaninglessness
Lack of significance
senselessness · emptiness · vacuity · hollowness · purposelessness
- significant otherRomantic life partner
- statistically significantUnlikely by chance alone
- cultural significanceMeaning within a community
- historical significanceWhy past events matter
- significant digitsNumerals showing measurement precision
- significant figurePrecision-conveying numeral in measurement
significant, insignificant, significantly, insignificance, significances, insignificantly, insignificancy