| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | significant, important | Important in effect or meaning |
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| 2 | significant, substantial | Fairly large | |
| 3 | significant | Too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation | |
| 4 | significant, meaning, pregnant | Rich in significance or implication |
| Sounds | sahgnih'fihkahnt; sihgnih'fihkahnt |
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| Rhymes | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, and 654 more rhymes in ahnt at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Important in effect or meaning. |
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| Examples | "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant" |
| Synonyms | important |
| Attribute of | significance |
| Similar | big, momentous; epochal, epoch-making; earthshaking, world-shaking, world-shattering; evidential, evidentiary; fundamental, profound; large; monumental; noteworthy, remarkable; probative; operative, key; portentous, prodigious |
| See also | important, of import; meaningful |
| Contrary | insignificant, unimportant |
| Adverbs | significantly; significantly |
| Meaning | Fairly large. |
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| Synonyms | substantial |
| Similar to | considerable |
| Meaning | Too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation. |
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| Examples | "the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level"; "no significant difference was found" |
| Category | statistics |
| Contrary | nonsignificant |
| Adverbs | significantly |
| Meaning | Rich in significance or implication. |
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| Synonyms | meaning, pregnant |
| Similar to | meaningful |