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significant > 4 senses
ADJECTIVE1significant, importantImportant in effect or meaning
2significant, substantialFairly large
3significantToo closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation
4significant, meaning, pregnantRich in significance or implication
significant > pronunciation
Soundssahgnih'fihkahnt; sihgnih'fihkahnt
Rhymesabandonment, abatement, aberrant, and 654 more rhymes in ahnt at the HyperDic website...
significant > adjective 1
MeaningImportant in effect or meaning.
Examples"a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"
Synonymsimportant
Attribute ofsignificance
Similarbig, momentous; epochal, epoch-making; earthshaking, world-shaking, world-shattering; evidential, evidentiary; fundamental, profound; large; monumental; noteworthy, remarkable; probative; operative, key; portentous, prodigious
See alsoimportant, of import; meaningful
Contraryinsignificant, unimportant
Adverbssignificantly; significantly
significant > adjective 2
MeaningFairly large.
Synonymssubstantial
Similar toconsiderable
significant > adjective 3
MeaningToo closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation.
Examples"the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level"; "no significant difference was found"
Categorystatistics
Contrarynonsignificant
Adverbssignificantly
significant > adjective 4
MeaningRich in significance or implication.
Synonymsmeaning, pregnant
Similar tomeaningful

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