significant
Signifying something; carrying meaning.
Example
“a significant word or sound”
Other meanings
Having a noticeable or major effect.
“That was a significant step in the right direction.”
Reasonably large in number or amount.
Synonyms
- important
Antonyms
- slight
Related words
- consignificant
- hypersignificant
- significantly
- significantness
- subsignificant
- unsignificant
- least significant bit
- least significant byte
- most significant bit
- most significant byte
- significant digit
- significant figure
Word history
From Latin "significans".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “significant” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.