'Momentous' definitions:
Definition of 'momentous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event"
Definition of 'Momentous'
From: GCIDE
- Momentous \Mo*men"tous\, a. [Cf. L. momentosus rapid, momentary.] Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a momentous decision; momentous affairs. -- {Mo*men"tous*ly}, adv. -- {Mo*men"tous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'momentous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- ascendant,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- autocratic,
- big,
- big-league,
- big-name,
- big-time,
- bigwig,
- bigwigged,
- bustling,
- charged,
- charismatic,
- charming,
- clothed with authority,
- commanding,
- competent,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- controlling,
- critical,
- crucial,
- decisive,
- dominant,
- double-barreled,
- duly constituted,
- earthshaking,
- effective,
- effectual,
- efficacious,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- enchanting,
- epochal,
- estimable,
- eventful,
- ex officio,
- fraught,
- full of incident,
- governing,
- grand,
- grave,
- great,
- heavyweight,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- high-powered,
- imperative,
- important,
- influential,
- laden,
- leading,
- magnetic,
- major,
- material,
- meaningful,
- mighty,
- monocratic,
- name,
- of concern,
- official,
- personable,
- persuasive,
- phenomenal,
- pivotal,
- portentous,
- potent,
- powerful,
- preeminent,
- prestigious,
- prominent,
- puissant,
- ranking,
- reputable,
- ruling,
- self-important,
- senior,
- serious,
- significant,
- stirring,
- strong,
- suasive,
- substantial,
- superior,
- supreme,
- telling,
- totalitarian,
- vital,
- weighty,
- winning,
- world-shaking
Words containing 'Momentous'
- Moment,
- Momental,
- Momentally,
- Momently,
- Momentously,
- Momentousness,
- for the moment,
- Moment of a couple,
- Moment of a force,
- Moment of inertia,
- Moment of rotation,
- Moment of torsion,
- Statical moment,
- Virtual moment,
- dipole moment,
- first moment,
- magnetic moment,
- moment of a magnet,
- moment of the mass,
- moment of truth,
- on the spur of the moment,
- present moment,
- psychological moment,
- second moment,
- senior moment,
- electric dipole moment,
- magnetic dipole moment,
- moment magnitude scale,
- spur-of-the-moment,
- product-moment correlation coefficient,
- pearson product-moment correlation coefficient