Prominence

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The quality or condition of being prominent.
  • n. Something prominent, especially an area of land raised above its surroundings.
  • n. Anatomy A small projection or protuberance.
  • n. Astronomy A tonguelike cloud of flaming gas rising from the sun's surface, visible as part of the corona during a total solar eclipse.
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  • n. The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
  • n. relative importance
  • n. A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form
  • n. Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out from something; conspicuousness.
  • n. That which is prominent; a protuberance.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The property of being prominent; a standing or jutting out from the surface of something; also, that which juts out; protuberance: as, the prominence of a joint; the prominence of a rock or cliff; the prominences of the face.
  • n. The state of being conspicuous; conspicuousness; distinction; notoriety.
  • n. See the adjectives.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
  • n. relative importance
  • n. the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
    • Equivalent
    prominency   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    importance   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    conspicuousness    protuberance    projection    process   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    dominance    predominance   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    eminence    popularity    prestige    vividness    stature   
     
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