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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seriousness, importance |
| Synonyms: | acuteness, concern, consequence, exigency, hazardousness, momentousness, perilousness, severity, significance, solemnity, urgency, weightiness |
| Notes: | gravitation is the mutual force by which all bodies attract one another and a function of the masses of the bodies, the distance between them, and the gravitational constant; gravity is the force of gravitation on the earth or other celestial object (and also called acceleration or free fall) |
| Antonyms: | frivolity, inconsequentiality, levity, silliness, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | import |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, weight |
| Synonyms: | consequence, design, emphasis, importance, intent, magnitude, moment, momentousness, object, objective, pith, purpose, signification, stress, substance, value, weightiness, worth |
| Antonyms: | insignificance |
| Main Entry: | importance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, weight |
| Synonyms: | accent, attention, bearing, caliber, concern, concernment, consequence, denotation, distinction, drift*, effect, emphasis, force, gist*, gravity, import, influence, interest, materiality, moment, momentousness, notability, paramountcy, point, precedence, preponderance, preponderancy, priority, purport, relevance, sense, seriousness, signification, standing, stress, substance, tenor, usefulness, value, weightiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | importance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prominence, standing |
| Synonyms: | consequence, conspicuousness, distinction, eminence, esteem, fame, greatness, influence, lionization, mark, notability, note, noteworthiness, rank, reputation, salience, status, usefulness, worth |
| Main Entry: | impression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | influence |
| Synonyms: | consequence, effect, feeling, impact, reaction, response, result, sway |
| Main Entry: | influence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, authority |
| Synonyms: | access, agency, ascendancy, character, clout, command, connections, consequence, control, credit, direction, domination, dominion, drag, effect, esteem, fame, fix, force, grease, guidance, hold, impact, importance, imprint, in, juice*, leadership, leverage, magnetism, mark, moment, money, monopoly, network, notoriety, predominance, prerogative, pressure, prestige, prominence, pull, repercussion, reputation, ropes, rule, significance, spell, supremacy, sway, weight* |
| Antonyms: | impotence, incapacity, inferiority, powerlessness, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attraction, curiosity |
| Synonyms: | absorption, activity, affection, attentiveness, care, case, concern, concernment, consequence, diversion, engrossment, enthusiasm, excitement, game, hobby, importance, interestedness, into, leisure activity, matter, moment, note, notice, passion, pastime, preoccupation, pursuit, racket, recreation, regard, relaxation, relevance, significance, sport, suspicion, sympathy, thing |
| Antonyms: | apathy, boredom, disinterest, indifference |
| Main Entry: | issue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | result |
| Synonyms: | causatum, conclusion, consequence, culmination, effect, end, end product, eventuality, finale, fruit, outcome, payoff, sequel, termination, upshot |
| Antonyms: | cause, origin, source |
| Main Entry: | magnitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance |
| Synonyms: | consequence, degree, eminence, grandeur, greatness, import, mark, moment, momentousness, note, pith, significance, signification, weight, weightiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, unimportance |
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