Synonyms for prominence
Most common
hump eminence jut excrescence celebrity distinction boldness salience
All synonyms
Noun
1. Eminence
eminence, swelling, protuberance, bulge, relief, bump, projection, protrusion, hump, jut, extrusion, excrescence, gibbousness, gibbosity, embossment
Other
celebrity, distinction, salience, mountain, mark, boldness, conspicuousness
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
Forms
- Plural
- prominences → eminences, swellings, protuberances, bulges…
Example sentences
- hump The camel sees not its own hump but that of its fellow.
- eminence He won eminence as a scientist.
- jut Carve it so that the tip will jut out from the wall.
- celebrity Sami wanted to catapult Layla to celebrity status.
- distinction He makes no distinction between right and wrong.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| prominence | steady | |
| hump | steady | |
| eminence | falling | |
| jut | rising | |
| excrescence | falling | |
| celebrity | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- jut1
- 4 letters
- mark1, bump1, hump1
- 5 letters
- bulge1
- 6 letters
- relief2
- 8 letters
- mountain2, swelling2, eminence3, boldness2, salience
- 9 letters
- celebrity4, extrusion3, gibbosity
- 10 letters
- projection3, protrusion, embossment
- 11 letters
- distinction3, excrescence, gibbousness
- 12 letters
- protuberance4
- 15 letters
- conspicuousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (relief2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- proéminence
- Italiano
- prominenza