significative
Conveying a message
Significative means serving to signify or indicate something—carrying meaning or serving as a sign.
The word is formal and uncommon, appearing mostly in philosophical or scholarly contexts: Language is significative of thought.
Something significative points beyond itself to represent or symbolize something else.
Apt to share information
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- evocativeTending to summon memories
- suggestiveHinting at impropriety
connotative · allusive · implicative · redolent · reminiscent · indicatory · denotative · referential
Serving as a symbol
- characteristicDistinguishing quality or trait
- exemplaryServing as ideal model
- illustrativeServing to explain
- paradigmaticServing as ideal model
archetypal · quintessential · typifying · epitomizing · demonstrative · definitive · model · standard
Intensely meaningful or insightful
- importantOf great significance
- consequentialHaving significant effects
- weightyHeavy or significant
- substantiveHaving real significance
pivotal · seminal · momentous · influential · impactful · resonant · purposeful · salient
communicative
Apt to share information
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- evocativeTending to summon memories
suggestive · connotative · allusive · implicative · redolent · reminiscent · indicatory · denotative · referential · informative
emblematic
Serving as a symbol
- characteristicDistinguishing quality or trait
- exemplaryServing as ideal model
- illustrativeServing to explain
paradigmatic · archetypal · quintessential · typifying · epitomizing · demonstrative · definitive · model · standard · prototypical
profound
Intensely meaningful or insightful
- importantOf great significance
- consequentialHaving significant effects
- weightyHeavy or significant
substantive · pivotal · seminal · momentous · influential · impactful · resonant · purposeful · salient · noteworthy
emblem
Representational sign or device
allegory · metaphor · totem · glyph · sigil · archetype · semiotics · heraldry · logogram · ideogram
indicator
Sign revealing status
marker · signpost · symptom · cue · evidence · index · token · telltale · gauge · barometer
significativemeaningless
Lacking significance or purpose
nonsignificant · insignificant · empty · vacuous · senseless