importance

Roget category 642

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends

#642. Importance

noun

importance, consequence, moment, prominence, consideration, mark, materialness.
import, significance, concern — emphasis, interest.
greatness etc. 31 — superiority etc. 33 — notability etc. (repute) 873 — weight etc. (influence) 175 — value etc. (goodness) 648 — usefulness etc. 644.
gravity, seriousness, solemnity — no joke, no laughing matter — pressure, urgency, stress — matter of life and death.
memorabilia, notabilia^†, great doings — red-letter day.
great thing, great point — main chance, the be all and the end all" [Macbeth]; cardinal point — substance, gist etc. (essence) 5 — sum and substance, gravamen, head and front — important part, principal part, prominent part, essential part — half the battle — sine qua non — breath of one's nostrils etc. (life) 359 — cream, salt, core, kernel, heart, nucleus — keynote, keystone — corner stone — trump card etc. (device) 626 — salient points.
top sawyer, first fiddle, prima donna [Sp.], chief — triton among the minnows — 'it' [U.S.].
"

verb

be important etc. adj., be somebody, be something — import, signify, matter, boot, be an object — carry weight etc. (influence) 175 — make a figure etc. (repute) 873 — be in the ascendant, come to the front, lead the way, take the lead, play first fiddle, throw all else into the shade — lie at the root of — deserve notice, merit notice, be worthy of notice, be worthy of regard, be worthy of consideration.
attach importance to, ascribe importance to, give importance to etc. n. — value, care for, set store upon, set store by — mark etc. 550 — mark with a white stone, underline — write in italics, put in italics, print in italics, print in capitals, print in large letters, put in large type, put in letters.
of gold — accentuate, emphasize, lay stress on.
make a fuss about, make a fuss over, make a stir about, make a piece of work about [Fr.], make much ado about — make much ado of, make much of.

adjective

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.].

adverb

materially etc. adj. — in the main — above all, kat' exochin [Gr.], par excellence, to crown all, to beat all.

phrase

expende Hannibalem! [Lat.] [Juvenal].

The content on this page comes straight from Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus No. Two, which consists of the acclaimed work by Peter Mark Roget augmented with more recent material. Some changes were made to the formatting for improved readability.

Bold numbers signify related Roget categories. A dagger symbol (†) indicates archaic words and expressions no longer in common use.

debug info: 0.0017