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adj. Projecting or jutting beyond a line or surface; protruding.

adj. Strikingly conspicuous; prominent. See Synonyms at noticeable.

adj. Springing; jumping: salient tree toads.

n. A military position that projects into the position of the enemy.

n. A projecting angle or part.

adj. Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.

adj. Prominent.

adj. Depicted in a leaping posture.

adj. Projecting outwards, pointing outwards.

n. an outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense

adj. Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.

adj. Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.

adj. Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.

adj. Projecting outwardly; ; -- opposed to reëntering. See Illust. of Bastion.

adj. Represented in a leaping position.

adj. A salient angle or part; a projection.

Leaping; bounding; jumping; moving by leaps; specifically, in herpetology, saltatorial; habitually leaping or jumping, as a frog or toad; of or pertaining to the Salientia.

In heraldry, leaping or springing: said of a beast of prey which is represented bendwise on the escutcheon, the hind feet together at the sinister base, and the fore paws raised and usually on a level, though sometimes separate, nearly as when rampant. Also saliant, assailant, effaré.

Shooting up or out; springing up.

Projecting outward; convex: as, a salient angle.

Standing out; conspicuous; prominent; striking.

In geometry, an angle bending toward the interior of a closed figure, as an ordinary angle of a polygon: opposed to reëntrant angle.

n. A salient angle or part; a projection.

adj. represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)

adj. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

adj. (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees

n. (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy

"_Combatant_: when back to back, they are _Addorsed_: when passant or salient in contrary directions, they are _Counter passant_ or _Counter salient_."

inclined    conspicuous   

trivial    obscure   

projection   

salient batrachians    salient angle   

leaping    bounding    jumping    springing    projecting    prominent    conspicuous    noticeable    projection   

crucial    noteworthy    pertinent    noticeable    outstanding    recognizable    observable    objectionable    unimportant    distinctive