'Importance' definitions:
Definition of 'importance'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of being important and worthy of note; "the importance of a well-balanced diet" [ant: unimportance]
noun
A prominent status; "a person of importance" [syn: importance, grandness]
Definition of 'Importance'
From: GCIDE
- Importance \Im*por"tance\, n. [F. importance. See Important.]
- 1. The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance. [1913 Webster]
- Thy own importance know, Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Subject; matter. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Import; meaning; significance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Importunity; solicitation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- At our importance hither is he come. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'importance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account,
- ascendancy,
- authority,
- charisma,
- charm,
- clout,
- concern,
- consequence,
- conspicuousness,
- control,
- credit,
- distinction,
- dominance,
- domination,
- effect,
- elevation,
- eminence,
- enchantment,
- esteem,
- exaltation,
- excellence,
- favor,
- force,
- good feeling,
- grandeur,
- gravity,
- greatness,
- high mightiness,
- hold,
- import,
- incidental power,
- influence,
- influentiality,
- influentialness,
- insinuation,
- leadership,
- leverage,
- loftiness,
- magnetism,
- magnitude,
- mark,
- mastery,
- matter,
- moment,
- momentousness,
- nobility,
- notability,
- note,
- noteworthiness,
- outstandingness,
- personality,
- persuasion,
- pith,
- position,
- potency,
- power,
- precedence,
- predominance,
- preponderance,
- pressure,
- prestige,
- priority,
- prominence,
- purchase,
- rank,
- reign,
- reputation,
- repute,
- rule,
- salience,
- say,
- seniority,
- seriousness,
- significance,
- signification,
- standing,
- stature,
- status,
- suasion,
- sublimity,
- substance,
- subtle influence,
- suggestion,
- supereminence,
- supremacy,
- sway,
- upper hand,
- value,
- weight,
- weightiness,
- whip hand,
- worth,
- worthiness
Words containing 'Importance'
- Import,
- Importable,
- Importableness,
- Importancy,
- Important,
- Importantly,
- Importation,
- Imported,
- Importer,
- Importing,
- all important,
- most importantly,
- of import,
- all-important,
- import barrier,
- import credit,
- import duty,
- important person,
- very important person,
- Self-importance,
- Self-important,
- important-looking