Significant — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

important in effect or meaning

fairly large

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sɪɡnˈɪfɪkənt/

🇬🇧British English

/sɪɡnˈɪfɪkənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sɪɡnˈɪfɪkənt/

4 syllables Say it as /sɪɡnˈɪfɪkənt/.

Examples

a significant change in tax laws
a significant change in the Constitution
a significant contribution

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

substantial pregnant meaning important

Antonyms

nonsignificant insignificant

Parts of Speech

adjective	important in effect or meaning “a significant change in tax laws”
adjective	fairly large “won by a substantial margin”
adjective	too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation “the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level”
adjective	rich in significance or implication “a meaning look”

Word Forms

significance	noun	the quality of being significant
importance	noun	the quality of being important and worthy of note
signify	verb	make known with a word or signal

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

bedeutsam

wichtig in der Wirkung oder Bedeutung

🇫🇷French

significatif

important dans son effet ou sa signification

🇪🇸Spanish

significativo

importante en efecto o significado

🇮🇹Italian

significativo

importante negli effetti o nel significato

🇵🇹Portuguese

significativo

importante em efeito ou significado

🇷🇺Russian

значительный

важный по эффекту или смыслу

India

🇮🇳Hindi

महत्वपूर्ण

प्रभाव या अर्थ में महत्वपूर्ण

🇧🇩Bengali

উল্লেখযোগ্য

প্রভাব বা অর্থে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ

🇮🇳Tamil

குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது

விளைவு அல்லது அர்த்தத்தில் முக்கியமானது

🇮🇳Telugu

ముఖ్యమైనది

ప్రభావం లేదా అర్థంలో ముఖ్యమైనది

🇮🇳Marathi

लक्षणीय

प्रभाव किंवा अर्थाने महत्वाचे

🇮🇳Gujarati

નોંધપાત્ર

અસર અથવા અર્થમાં મહત્વપૂર્ણ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗಮನಾರ್ಹ

ಪರಿಣಾಮ ಅಥವಾ ಅರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಖ್ಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കാര്യമായ

ഫലത്തിലോ അർത്ഥത്തിലോ പ്രധാനമാണ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਨ

ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ ਜਾਂ ਅਰਥ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

اہم

اثر یا معنی میں اہم

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

重要的

具有重要的效果或意义

🇯🇵Japanese

重要な

効果や意味において重要

🇰🇷Korean

중요한

효과나 의미가 중요함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

có ý nghĩa

quan trọng về hiệu lực hoặc ý nghĩa

🇹🇭Thai

สำคัญ

สำคัญในผลหรือความหมาย

🇮🇩Indonesian

penting

penting dalam efek atau maknanya

🇵🇭Filipino

makabuluhan

mahalaga sa epekto o kahulugan

🇲🇾Malay

ketara

penting dalam kesan atau makna

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بارِز

مهم في المفعول أو المعنى

🇮🇷Persian

قابل توجه است

از نظر تأثیر یا معنا مهم است

🇹🇷Turkish

önemli

etki veya anlam açısından önemli

🇮🇱Hebrew

מַשְׁמָעוּתִי

חשוב בהשפעה או במשמעות

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