Important

//ɪmˈpɔː.tənt//

Synonyms for "important" (207 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (42)

authoritative big consequential distinguished grand outstanding significant weighty absolute alpha arrogant ascendant authoritarian authorized autocratic banner beta big league big name big time

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big-league big-name big-time bigwig bigwigged bloated burning capital cardinal charismatic charming chief clothed with authority commanding competent considerable

Adjective(5 words)

apposite big central connected consequential

Adjective(1 words)

authoritative

Related words (103)

indispensable influential instrumental landmark leading magisterial magnetic major major league marked material meaningful measurable memorable mighty momentous monocratic most valuable name notable

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Adjective(20 words)

innegligible key life-or-death meaningful necessary noted noticeable observable outstanding paramount pertinent pivotal relevant remarkable salient significant unignorable valuable vital weighty

Adjective(2 words)

of import significant

How these synonyms differ

critical - 'Critical' can mean crucially important or dangerously urgent. Context determines whether it implies importance or crisis.
crucial - 'Crucial' implies that outcomes hinge on this, failure here means failure overall. Stronger than merely 'important.'
essential - 'Essential' is about bare necessity, strip everything away and this is what must remain.
significant - 'Significant' is analytical and measured, it means noteworthy or statistically meaningful rather than urgently needed.
vital - 'Vital' means essential for survival or success, literally 'of life.' Use it when something truly cannot be omitted.

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More specific

5 entries

memorable momentous notable ominous portentous

Antonyms

9 entries

ignorable insignificant negligible petty slight trivial unimportant useless

Synonyms

4 entries

authoritative crucial significant weighty

Related terms

3 entries

import importance strange

derived

11 entries

VIP all-important important bird area importantly importantness more important fish to fry nonimportant overimportant superimportant unimportant very important person

derived from

1 entries

import

distinct from

3 entries

irrelevant trivial unimportant

related to

56 entries

adjective ant apple asap big big deal big wigs bigwig consequential considerable critical crucial deal essential esteemed extremely

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similar

87 entries

Copernican all important all-important alpha beta big burning cardinal central chief consequential

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Translations

159 translations across 113 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

belangrik adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Albanian

1 entries

rëndësishëm adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Arabic

3 entries

مهم adj (having relevant and crucial value)
مُهِم adj (having relevant and crucial value)
مُهِمّ adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Aragonese

1 entries

important adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Aramaic

1 entries

חסינא adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Armenian

1 entries

կարեւոր adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries

ܐܵܠܨܵܝܵܐ adj (having relevant and crucial value)
ܐܵܢܲܢܩܵܝܵܐ adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Asturian

1 entries

importante adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

mühüm adj (having relevant and crucial value)
vacib adj (having relevant and crucial value)
önəmli adj (having relevant and crucial value)
əhəmiyyətli adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Balinese

2 entries

gati adj (having relevant and crucial value)
mabuat adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Bashkir

1 entries

мөһим adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Basque

1 entries

garrantzitsu adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Belarusian

1 entries

ва́жны adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Bengali

1 entries

গুরুত্বপূর্ণ adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Bulgarian

1 entries

ва́жен adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Burmese

1 entries

အရေးကြီး adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Catalan

1 entries

important adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

گرنگ adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Chinese

2 entries

要緊 /要紧 adj (having relevant and crucial value)
重要 adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

緊要 /紧要 adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

重要 adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Czech

1 entries

důležitý adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Danish

1 entries

vigtig adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Dutch

1 entries

belangrijk adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Egyptian

1 entries

wr:r adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Esperanto

1 entries

grava adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Estonian

2 entries

oluline adj (having relevant and crucial value)
tähtis adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Extremaduran

1 entries

emportanti adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Faroese

1 entries

umráðandi adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Finnish

1 entries

tärkeä adj (having relevant and crucial value)

French

1 entries

important adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Galician

1 entries

importante adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Georgian

1 entries

მნიშვნელოვანი adj (having relevant and crucial value)

German

1 entries

wichtig adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Greek

1 entries

σημαντικός adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

enpòtan adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Hebrew

1 entries

חָשׁוּב adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Hindi

3 entries

अहम adj (having relevant and crucial value)
ज़रूरी adj (having relevant and crucial value)
महत्वपूर्ण adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Hungarian

1 entries

fontos adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Icelandic

1 entries

mikilvægur adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Ido

1 entries

importanta adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Indonesian

1 entries

penting adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Ingrian

1 entries

vaažnoi adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Interlingua

1 entries

importante adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Irish

2 entries

mórluachach adj (having relevant and crucial value)
tábhachtach adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Italian

1 entries

importante adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Japanese

2 entries

大切 adj (having relevant and crucial value)
重要 adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Kannada

1 entries

ಮುಖ್ಯ adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Kazakh

1 entries

маңызды adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Khmer

1 entries

សំខាន់ adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Korean

1 entries

중요하다 adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

маанилүү adj (having relevant and crucial value)
олуттуу adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Lao

1 entries

ສຳຄັນ adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Latin

2 entries

gravis adj (having relevant and crucial value)
magnus adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Latvian

2 entries

nozīmīgs adj (having relevant and crucial value)
svarīgs adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Lithuanian

1 entries

svarbus adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Louisiana Creole

2 entries

gro adj (having relevant and crucial value)
importan adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

wažny adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

wichteg adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Macedonian

2 entries

ва́жен adj (having relevant and crucial value)
зна́чаен adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Malay

1 entries

penting adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Malayalam

4 entries

അതിപ്രധാനമായ adj (having relevant and crucial value)
ഉയർന്ന പദവിയിലുള്ള adj (having relevant and crucial value)
ഗൗരവമുള്ള adj (having relevant and crucial value)
മുഖ്യമായ adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Maltese

1 entries

importanti adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Mirandese

1 entries

amportante adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Mongolian

1 entries

чухал adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Māori

4 entries

hira adj (having relevant and crucial value)
matua adj (having relevant and crucial value)
mātuatua adj (having relevant and crucial value)
pūwhero adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Navajo

1 entries

tsʼídá bíhólníihgo adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Nepali

1 entries

महत्वपूर्ण adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Norman

1 entries

împortant adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

fer adj (having relevant and crucial value)
giring adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Norwegian

3 entries

alvorlig adj (having relevant and crucial value)
betydelig adj (having relevant and crucial value)
viktig adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Occitan

1 entries

important adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Odia

1 entries

ଗୁରୁତ୍ବପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Old English

1 entries

hefiġ adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries

важни adj (having relevant and crucial value)
значни adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Persian

2 entries

مهم adj (having relevant and crucial value)
کرامند adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

wichtich adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Polish

1 entries

ważny adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Portuguese

1 entries

importante adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਨ adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Romanian

1 entries

important adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Russian

2 entries

ва́жный adj (having relevant and crucial value)
зна́чимый adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Samoan

1 entries

tāua adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Sanskrit

2 entries

अत्यावश्यक adj (having relevant and crucial value)
गुरु adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

cudromach adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

važan adj (having relevant and crucial value)
важан adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Sinhalese

1 entries

වැදගත් adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Slovak

1 entries

dôležitý adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Slovene

2 entries

pomémben adj (having relevant and crucial value)
važen adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Spanish

1 entries

importante adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Swahili

1 entries

muhimu adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Swedish

2 entries

betydelsefull adj (having relevant and crucial value)
viktig adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Tagalog

1 entries

mahalagá adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Tajik

1 entries

муҳим adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Tamil

3 entries

பாரதூரம் adj (having relevant and crucial value)
பிரதானம் adj (having relevant and crucial value)
முக்கியம் adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Telugu

1 entries

ముఖ్యమైన adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Tetum

1 entries

importante adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Thai

2 entries

สำคัญ adj (having relevant and crucial value)
เอ้ adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Tibetan

1 entries

གལ་ཆེན་པོ adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Tongan

1 entries

mahuʻinga adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Turkish

2 entries

mühim adj (having relevant and crucial value)
önemli adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Turkmen

2 entries

dahylly adj (having relevant and crucial value)
möhüm adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Ukrainian

3 entries

важли́вий adj (having relevant and crucial value)
важни́й adj (having relevant and crucial value)
значни́й adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

wažny adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Urdu

1 entries

اہم adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Uzbek

1 entries

muhim adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Vietnamese

2 entries

quan trọng adj (having relevant and crucial value)
trọng yếu adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Volapük

1 entries

veütik adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Walloon

2 entries

consecant adj (having relevant and crucial value)
impôrtant adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Welsh

1 entries

pwysig adj (having relevant and crucial value)

West-Frisian

1 entries

wichtich adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Yiddish

2 entries

וויכטיק adj (having relevant and crucial value)
חשובֿ adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Zazaki

1 entries

mihim adj (having relevant and crucial value)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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This is not important.

Source: tatoeba (1385)

You never have time for important things!

Source: tatoeba (1494)

I wish I could care more about my grades but it seems that, at a certain point of my life, I decided they wouldn't be so important anymore.

Source: tatoeba (1502)

My brother is very important. At least he thinks he is.

Source: tatoeba (2162)

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Important

Synonyms for "important" (207 found)

Closest matches (42)

Strong matches (62)

Related words (103)

How these synonyms differ

Related word relations

More specific

Antonyms

Synonyms

Related terms

derived

derived from

distinct from

related to

similar

Translations

Afrikaans

Albanian

Arabic

Aragonese

Aramaic

Armenian

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Balinese

Bashkir

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Central Kurdish

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Egyptian

Esperanto

Estonian

Extremaduran

Faroese

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Haitian Creole

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Ingrian

Interlingua

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kannada

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean

Kyrgyz

Lao

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Louisiana Creole

Lower Sorbian

Luxembourgish

Macedonian

Malay

Malayalam

Maltese