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prominent
adjective
1 prominent
Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention:
— A new theory is the most prominent feature of the book.
synonyms: outstanding, salient, spectacular, striking.
Roget 206:
high,
elevated,
eminent,
exalted,
lofty,
tall;
gigantic
etc.
(big)
192;
Patagonian;
towering,
beetling,
soaring,
hanging
(gardens);
elevated
etc.
307;
upper;
highest
etc.
(topmost)
210;
high reaching,
insessorial†,
perching.
upland,
moorland;
hilly,
knobby [U.S.];
mountainous,
alpine,
subalpine,
heaven kissing;
cloudtopt†,
cloudcapt†,
cloudtouching†;
aerial.
overhanging
etc.
v.;
incumbent,
overlying,
superincumbent†,
supernatant,
superimposed;
prominent
etc.
v.
250.
tall as a maypole,
tall as a poplar,
tall as a steeple,
lanky
etc.
(thin)
203.
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Roget 250:
convex,
prominent,
protuberant,
projecting
etc.
v.;
bossed,
embossed,
bossy,
nodular,
bunchy;
clavate,
clavated†,
claviform;
hummocky†,
moutonne†,
mammiliform†;
papulous†,
papilose†;
hemispheric,
bulbous;
bowed,
arched;
bold;
bellied;
tuberous,
tuberculous;
tumous†;
cornute†,
odontoid†;
lentiform†,
lenticular;
gibbous;
club shaped,
hubby [U.S.],
hubbly [U.S.],
knobby,
papillose,
saddle-shaped,
selliform†,
subclavate†,
torose†,
ventricose†,
verrucose†.
salient,
in relief,
raised,
repousse;
bloated
&c.,
(expanded)
194.
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Roget 525:
manifest,
apparent;
salient,
striking,
demonstrative,
prominent,
in the foreground,
notable,
pronounced.
flagrant;
notorious
etc.
(public)
531;
arrant;
stark staring;
unshaded,
glaring.
defined,
definite.
distinct,
conspicuous
etc.
(visible)
446;
obvious,
evident,
unmistakable,
indubitable,
not to be mistaken,
palpable,
self-evident,
autoptical†;
intelligible
etc.
518.
plain,
clear,
clear as day,
clear as daylight,
clear as noonday;
plain as a pike staff,
plain as the sun at noon-day,
plain as the nose on one's face,
plain as the way to parish church.
explicit,
overt,
patent,
express;
ostensible;
open,
open as day;
naked,
bare,
literal,
downright,
undisguised,
exoteric.
unreserved,
frank,
plain-spoken
etc.
(artless)
703;
candid
(veracious)
543;
barefaced.
manifested
etc.
v.;
disclosed
etc.
529;
capable of being shown,
producible;
inconcealable†,
unconcealable;
no secret.
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Roget 642:
important;
of importance
etc.
n.;
momentous,
material;
to the point;
not to be overlooked,
not to be despised,
not to be sneezed at;
egregious;
weighty
etc.
(influential)
175;
of note
etc.
(repute)
873;
notable,
prominent,
salient,
signal;
memorable,
remarkable;
unforgettable;
worthy of remark,
worthy of notice;
never to be forgotten;
stirring,
eventful.
grave,
serious,
earnest,
noble,
grand,
solemn,
impressive,
commanding,
imposing.
urgent,
pressing,
critical,
instant.
paramount,
essential,
vital,
all-absorbing,
radical,
cardinal,
chief,
main,
prime,
primary,
principal,
leading,
capital,
foremost,
overruling;
of vital importance
&c..
in the front rank,
first-rate;
superior
etc.
33;
considerable
etc.
(great)
31;
marked
etc.
v.;
rare
etc.
137.
significant,
telling,
trenchant,
emphatic,
pregnant;
tanti [Lat.].
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Roget 873:
distinguished,
distingue [Fr.],
noted;
of note
etc.
n.;
honored
etc.
v.;
popular;
fashionable
etc.
852.
in good odor in;
favor,
in high favor;
reputable,
respectable,
creditable.
remarkable
etc.
(important)
642;
notable,
notorious;
celebrated,
renowned,
ion every one's mouth,
talked of;
famous,
famed;
far-famed;
conspicuous,
to the front;
foremost;
in the front rank,
in the ascendant.
imperishable,
deathless,
immortal,
never fading,
aere perennius [Lat.];
time honored.
illustrious,
glorious,
splendid,
brilliant,
radiant;
bright
etc.
420;
full-blown;
honorific.
eminent,
prominent;
high
etc.
206;
in the zenith;
at the head of,
at the top of the tree;
peerless,
of the first water. ;
superior
etc.
33;
supereminent,
preeminent.
great,
dignified,
proud,
noble,
honorable,
worshipful,
lordly,
grand,
stately,
august,
princely.
imposing,
solemn,
transcendent,
majestic,
sacred,
sublime,
heaven-born,
heroic,
sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.];
sacrosanct.
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2 prominent
Conspicuous in position or importance:
— A prominent citizen.
synonyms: big, large.
Moby thesaurus: Olympian, absolute, acclaimed, aerial, airy, altitudinous, apparent, arrant, arresting, ascendant, ascending, aspiring, august, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, blatant, bold, bulging, celebrated, chief, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear-cut, clothed with authority, colossal, commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, conspicuous, controlling, creditable, crystal-clear, defined, definite, discernible, distinct, distinguishable, distinguished, dominant, dominating, duly constituted, egregious, elevated, eminent, emissile, empowered, esteemed, estimable, ethereal, evident, ex officio, exalted, exceptional, excrescent, excrescential, extraordinary, extruding, eye-catching, famed, famous, first, flagrant, foremost, glaring, glorious, godlike, governing, great, hanging out, haughty, hegemonic, hegemonistic, heroic, high, high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up, honorable, honored, identifiable, illustrious, imperative, important, in focus, in relief, in the foreground, in the limelight, influential, jutting, lauded, leading, lofty, magnanimous, magnificent, main, majestic, marked, memorable, mighty, momentous, monocratic, monumental, mounting, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, noticeable, notorious, obtrusive, obvious, of mark, official, ostensible, outstanding, outtopping, overlooking, overtopping, patent, plain, popular, potent, powerful, preeminent, prestigious, principal, prognathous, projecting, pronounced, protrudent, protruding, protrusile, protrusive, protuberant, protuberating, puissant, raised, ranking, rare, recognizable, remarkable, rememberable, renowned, reputable, respected, ruling, salient, senior, signal, significant, soaring, special, spiring, staring, stark-staring, steep, sticking out, striking, sublime, substantial, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, supreme, telling, to the front, topless, toplofty, topping, totalitarian, towering, towery, unforgettable, unmistakable, uplifted, upreared, weighty, well-defined, well-known, well-marked, well-pronounced, well-resolved, well-thought-of ... show more.
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