Synonyms for important
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Critical — pompous; self-important
critical, essential, crucial, significant, vital, key, big, necessary, pivotal, fundamental, influential, great, gurt UK, valuable, serious, consequential, weighty, momentous, central, grave, main, meaningful, chief
2. Relevant
relevant, salient, remarkable, outstanding, noteworthy, prominent, eventful, notable, memorable, impressive, noticeable, noted, distinguished, signal
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Pompous; self-important.
- adj. 2
Having relevant and crucial value; having import.
We thought it important for there to be a fire escape at the back of every building.
Related words
- Word family
- importantly import importance
- Phrases
- very important person important person
Example sentences
- significant Mushrooms contain significant amounts of minerals.
- critical I can't understand why you are so critical of him.
- essential Selfishness is an essential part of his character.
- crucial Past papers are crucial for good exam preparation.
- relevant Could you summarise the relevant points, please?
- salient Yanni was a salient suspect.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| important | steady | |
| significant | steady | |
| critical | rising | |
| essential | steady | |
| crucial | rising | |
| relevant | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- big1, key1
- 4 letters
- main1, gurt
- 5 letters
- great1, chief1, noted2, vital2, grave1
- 6 letters
- signal2
- 7 letters
- serious3, central2, crucial2, notable3, pivotal3, salient3, weighty2
- 8 letters
- critical3, relevant3, valuable3, eventful3
- 9 letters
- necessary4, essential3, prominent3, memorable4, momentous3
- 10 letters
- impressive3, remarkable4, meaningful3, noticeable4, noteworthy3
- 11 letters
- significant4, outstanding3, fundamental4, influential4
- 13 letters
- distinguished3, consequential4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (noted2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- important
- Italiano
- importante
- Español
- importante
- Deutsch
- wichtig