'Prominence' definitions:
Definition of 'prominence'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent [ant: obscurity]
noun
Relative importance
noun
Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence]
Definition of 'Prominence'
From: GCIDE
- Prominence \Prom"i*nence\, Prominency \Prom"i*nen*cy\, n. [L. prominentia: cf. F. prominence. See Prominent. ] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out from something; conspicuousness. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is prominent; a protuberance. [1913 Webster]
- Solar prominences. (Astron.) See Solar Protuberances, under Protuberance. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prominence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account,
- altitude,
- arete,
- arrantness,
- atmospheric visibility,
- authority,
- bas-relief,
- bellying,
- blatancy,
- boldness,
- bulge,
- bulging,
- ceiling,
- ceiling unlimited,
- celebrity,
- clarity,
- clearness,
- consequence,
- conspicuity,
- conspicuousness,
- crag,
- crystal-clearness,
- definiteness,
- definition,
- dignity,
- distinction,
- distinctness,
- elevation,
- embossment,
- eminence,
- esteem,
- evidence,
- evidentness,
- exaltation,
- excellence,
- excrescence,
- excrescency,
- extrusion,
- fame,
- flagrance,
- flagrancy,
- gibbosity,
- gibbousness,
- glory,
- grandeur,
- greatness,
- growth,
- hauteur,
- headland,
- height,
- heighth,
- heroism,
- high mightiness,
- high relief,
- high visibility,
- highness,
- hill,
- hillock,
- honor,
- hummock,
- illustriousness,
- importance,
- influence,
- influentialness,
- kudos,
- loftiness,
- low relief,
- low visibility,
- magnanimity,
- majesty,
- manifestness,
- mark,
- memorability,
- moment,
- mount,
- name,
- nobility,
- notability,
- note,
- noteworthiness,
- noticeability,
- notoriety,
- notoriousness,
- obtrusiveness,
- obviousness,
- ostentation,
- outcrop,
- outcropping,
- outgrowth,
- outstandingness,
- patentness,
- peak,
- percipi,
- perpendicular distance,
- pinnacle,
- plainness,
- point,
- position,
- precedence,
- preeminence,
- pressure,
- prestige,
- priority,
- projection,
- promontory,
- pronouncedness,
- protrusion,
- protuberance,
- protuberancy,
- rank,
- relief,
- remarkableness,
- renown,
- reputation,
- repute,
- ridge,
- rise,
- salience,
- saliency,
- salient,
- seeing,
- seniority,
- significance,
- spine,
- spur,
- standing,
- stature,
- strikingness,
- strong relief,
- sublimity,
- supereminence,
- swelling,
- tallness,
- toploftiness,
- tor,
- tuberosity,
- tuberousness,
- tumefaction,
- tumescence,
- visibility unlimited,
- visibility zero,
- weight,
- weightiness