significant
Worth taking seriously
Significant means large or important enough to matter.
A significant difference is one worth noting; a significant other is a romantic partner.
In statistics, significant has a technical meaning: unlikely to have occurred by chance alone.
The results were statistically significant.
The word implies consequence—something significant has effects or implications that deserve attention.
Of supreme importance
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- fundamentalForming the base
key · central · major · substantial · meaningful · paramount · pivotal · consequential
Representing through signs
- suggestiveHinting at impropriety
- representativeOne who acts for another
- emblematicServing as a symbol
- tellingMeaningfully indicative
revealing · meaningful · expressive · prophetic · portentous · diagnostic · illustrative · symptomatic
Having significant effect
- powerfulHaving great strength
- formativeInfluencing development or growth
- shapingGiving something its form
- transformativeCausing major change
groundbreaking · seminal · defining · decisive · authoritative · leading · dominant · commanding
Able to be gauged
- quantifiableAble to be measured
- detectableCapable of being noticed
- observableCapable of being detected
- appreciableEnough to perceive
noticeable · marked · pronounced · demonstrable · p-value · correlation · deviation · variance
Notable point of reference
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- turning pointDecisive moment of change
- cornerstoneFoundational building block
benchmark · achievement · pinnacle · climax · culmination · hallmark · juncture · threshold
Secondary consequence of action
- repercussionIndirect result of action
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- outcomeFinal result of events
- aftermathResults following an event
effect · result · impact · fallout · upshot · corollary · ripple effect · knock-on
crucial
Of supreme importance
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
fundamental · key · central · major · substantial · meaningful · paramount · pivotal · consequential · noteworthy
symbolic
Representing through signs
- suggestiveHinting at impropriety
- representativeOne who acts for another
- emblematicServing as a symbol
telling · revealing · meaningful · expressive · prophetic · portentous · diagnostic · illustrative · symptomatic · denotative
impactful
Having significant effect
- powerfulHaving great strength
- formativeInfluencing development or growth
- shapingGiving something its form
transformative · groundbreaking · seminal · defining · decisive · authoritative · leading · dominant · commanding · far-reaching
measurable
Able to be gauged
- quantifiableAble to be measured
- detectableCapable of being noticed
- observableCapable of being detected
appreciable · noticeable · marked · pronounced · demonstrable · p-value · correlation · deviation · variance · threshold
landmark
Notable point of reference
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- turning pointDecisive moment of change
cornerstone · benchmark · achievement · pinnacle · climax · culmination · hallmark · juncture · threshold · crossroads
ramification
Secondary consequence of action
- repercussionIndirect result of action
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- outcomeFinal result of events
aftermath · effect · result · impact · fallout · upshot · corollary · ripple effect · knock-on · far-reaching
- size wordsbig, small, short, large, huge
- problem adjectivesserious, severe, major, minor, critical
- Danger Levelsdanger, high risk, high-risk, low risk, critical
- qualitiesgood, bad, better, best, useful
- attentionattention, focus, focused, attentiveness, focused attention
- Scalevast, immense, huge, enormous, massive
significantinsignificant
Lacking importance or consequence
unimportant · trivial · inconsequential · negligible · minor
significantmeaningless
Lacking significance or purpose
empty · expressionless · unexpressive · blank · hollow
significantnonsignificant
Lacking statistical importance
insignificant · random · inconclusive · chance · unreliable
- 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
significance, insignificant, significantly, insignificance, signification, significances, insignificantly, significant other, significant figures