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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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