Thesaurus: significant

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1. a. word/fitted">Fitted or word/designed">designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look.
2. a. Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event.
3. n. That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
4. adj. important in effect or meaning
5. adj. of considerable importance, size, or worth
6. adj. too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation
7. adj. rich in significance or implication
8. 1. word/fitted">Fitted or word/designed">designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look. It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant, but not efficient. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event. Significant figures (Arith.), the figures which remain to any number, or decimal fraction, after the ciphers at the right or left are canceled. Thus, the significant figures of 25,000, or of .0025, are 25. That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol. Wordsworth. In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts. Shak.
9. That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.Wordsworth.In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts. Shak.
10. j:100 a. important in effect or meaning s. fairly large a. too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation