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- pronunciation:
- sihg
nI
f
knt
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
having consequence or import; important.
It was a small but significant victory, as it gave the troops the confidence they needed to battle on.Other than price, there is no significant difference between these products.
- synonyms:
- consequential, considerable, important, major, material, substantial
- antonyms:
- immaterial, insignificant, little, negligible, paltry, small, superficial, trifling, unimportant
- similar words:
- big, chief, critical, fateful, fundamental, grave, great, influential, momentous, notable, operative, paramount, prime, salient, serious, signal, weighty
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| definition 2: |
having meaning; meaningful.
The fact that the window was open was not significant to us at first.- synonyms:
- meaningful, pregnant
- antonyms:
- empty, insignificant
- similar words:
- eloquent, material, operative, pointed, suggestive
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| related words: |
expressive, landmark, meaning, memorable, monumental, noteworthy, pivotal, real, relevant, special, telling, telltale, vital |
adverb + (adj.)significant
clinically, culturally, highly, historically, marginally, most, potentially, statistically
(adj.)significant
+ noun
accomplishment,
achievement,
advance,
amount,
barrier,
change,
coefficient,
contribution,
contributor,
correlation,
damage,
decline,
decrease,
departure,
difference,
drop,
effect,
factor,
finding,
fraction,
gain,
gender,
impact,
impairment,
implication,
improvement,
increase,
influence,
interaction,
number,
obstacle,
percentage,
portion,
predictor,
progress,
proportion,
quantity,
reduction,
regression,
relationship,
risk,
role,
satisfaction,
self-esteem,
shift,
trend,
variance,
variation
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| derivation: |
significantly (adv.) |
The word significant
contains the following parts:
fac, fic, fec, fact, fect
Latin
root
that means make, do
  More about this word part:
This root is also the origin of the suffixes "-fy, -ify, -efy" and "-ification, -efaction".
Example words:
affect, affection, artifice, artificial, benefactor, beneficent, beneficial, benefit, confect, deficient, disaffect, discomfit, effect, efficient, fact, factory, fiction, fictitious, infect, malefactor, manufacture, orifice, proficient, sacrifice, satisfaction, satisfactory, significant, sufficient
sign
Latin
root
that means mark, sign
Example words:
assign, assignation, consign, design, designate, ensign, insignia, resign, resignation, sign, signature, significant, signify
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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