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significant


 
  Grep  of  noun  significant 
  significant  digit 
  significant  figure 
  significant  other 
 
  Overview  of  adj  significant 
 
  The  adj  significant  has  4  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (19)  significant,  important  --  (important  in  effect  or  meaning;  "a  significant  change  in  tax  laws";  "a  significant  change  in  the  Constitution";  "a  significant  contribution";  "significant  details";  "statistically  significant") 
  2.  (9)  significant,  substantial  --  (fairly  large  "won  by  a  substantial  margin") 
  3.  (3)  significant  --  ((statistics)  too  closely  correlated  to  be  attributed  to  chance  and  therefore  indicating  a  systematic  relation;  "the  interaction  effect  is  significant  at  the  .01  level";  "no  significant  difference  was  found") 
  4.  (2)  meaning,  pregnant,  significant  --  (rich  in  significance  or  implication;  "a  meaning  look";  "pregnant  with  meaning") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  significant 
 
  4  senses  of  significant 
 
  Sense  1 
  significant  (vs.  insignificant),  important 
 
  insignificant  (vs.  significant),  unimportant 
  =>  hole-and-corner,  hole-in-corner 
  =>  inappreciable 
  =>  light 
  =>  superficial,  trivial 
 
  Sense  2 
  significant,  substantial 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  considerable)  ->  inconsiderable 
 
  Sense  3 
  significant  (vs.  nonsignificant) 
 
  nonsignificant  (vs.  significant) 
 
  Sense  4 
  meaning(postnominal),  pregnant,  significant 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  meaningful)  ->  meaningless 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  significant 
 
  4  senses  of  significant 
 
  Sense  1 
  significant  (vs.  insignificant),  important 
  =>  big  momentous 
  =>  earthshaking,  world-shaking,  world-shattering 
  =>  epochal,  epoch-making 
  =>  evidential,  evidentiary 
  =>  fundamental,  profound 
  =>  monumental 
  =>  noteworthy,  remarkable 
  =>  probative 
  =>  operative,  key 
  =>  portentous,  prodigious 
  =>  head(postnominal) 
  =>  large 
  Also  See->  important#1,  of  import#1;  meaningful#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  significant,  substantial 
  =>  considerable  (vs.  inconsiderable) 
 
  Sense  3 
  significant  (vs.  nonsignificant) 
 
  Sense  4 
  meaning(postnominal),  pregnant,  significant 
  =>  meaningful  (vs.  meaningless) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  significant 
 
  1  of  4  senses  of  significant 
 
  Sense  1 
  significant  (vs.  insignificant),  important 
  =>  significance 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  significant 
 
  significant  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  significant 
  insignificant 
  nonsignificant 
  significant 
 
  Overview  of  adj  significant 
 
  The  adj  significant  has  4  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (19)  significant,  important  --  (important  in  effect  or  meaning;  "a  significant  change  in  tax  laws";  "a  significant  change  in  the  Constitution";  "a  significant  contribution";  "significant  details";  "statistically  significant") 
  2.  (9)  significant,  substantial  --  (fairly  large  "won  by  a  substantial  margin") 
  3.  (3)  significant  --  ((statistics)  too  closely  correlated  to  be  attributed  to  chance  and  therefore  indicating  a  systematic  relation;  "the  interaction  effect  is  significant  at  the  .01  level";  "no  significant  difference  was  found") 
  4.  (2)  meaning,  pregnant,  significant  --  (rich  in  significance  or  implication;  "a  meaning  look";  "pregnant  with  meaning") 



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