Synonyms for importance
All synonyms
Noun
significance, concern, value, consideration, matter, consequence, self-importance, stress, moment, magnitude, weight, grandness, gravity, import, account, substance, materiality, signification, mark, pith, momentousness rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
Forms
- Plural
- importances → significances, concerns, values, considerations…
Example sentences
- value We know the value of good health when we are sick.
- concern Money is without a doubt my most pressing concern.
- consideration You should have taken all that into consideration.
- significance The familiar place had a new significance for her.
- stress William taught Sandra to scream to relieve stress.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| importance | falling | |
| value | steady | |
| concern | steady | |
| consideration | falling | |
| significance | falling | |
| stress | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- mark1, pith1
- 5 letters
- value2
- 6 letters
- matter2, moment2, weight1, stress1, import2
- 7 letters
- account2, concern2, gravity3
- 9 letters
- substance2, magnitude3, grandness
- 11 letters
- consequence3, materiality6
- 12 letters
- significance4
- 13 letters
- consideration5, signification, momentousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (value2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- importance
- Italiano
- importanza
- Español
- importancia
- Deutsch
- Wichtigkeit
- Català
- importància