importance

The word “importance” has 3 syllables: im-por-tance

It's pronounced as /ɪmˈpɔr.t̬əns/


What is synonym and antonym for importance?

In the thesaurus, “importance” has 86 synonyms and 31 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for importance along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for importance

  • accent
  • account
  • attention
  • authority
  • bearing
  • cachet
  • caliber
  • celebrity
  • centrality
  • concern
  • concernment
  • consequence
  • conspicuousness
  • control
  • denotation
  • distinction
  • dominion
  • drift
  • effect
  • eminence
  • emphasis
  • essentiality
  • essentialness
  • esteem
  • fame
  • force
  • gist
  • glory
  • gravity
  • greatness
  • honor
  • illustriousness
  • import
  • influence
  • interest
  • lionization
  • magnitude
  • mark
  • mastery
  • materiality
  • moment
  • momentousness
  • name
  • notability
  • note
  • noteworthiness
  • notoriety
  • paramountcy
  • point
  • position
  • potency
  • power
  • precedence
  • preeminence
  • preponderance
  • preponderancy
  • prestige
  • priority
  • prominence
  • purport
  • rank
  • relevance
  • renown
  • report
  • reputation
  • repute
  • salience
  • sense
  • seriousness
  • significance
  • signification
  • standing
  • stature
  • status
  • store
  • stress
  • substance
  • substantiveness
  • sway
  • tenor
  • usefulness
  • value
  • weight
  • weightiness
  • worth
  • worthiness

Antonyms for importance

  • anonymity
  • beginning
  • cause
  • commencement
  • disadvantage
  • discredit
  • disgrace
  • dishonor
  • disinterest
  • disrepute
  • ignominy
  • infamy
  • inferiority
  • insignificance
  • littleness
  • obscurity
  • odium
  • opprobrium
  • origin
  • paltriness
  • pettiness
  • puniness
  • shame
  • slightness
  • smallness
  • source
  • start
  • triviality
  • unimportance
  • valuelessness
  • worthlessness

Meanings of importance

  • noun
    1. The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
    2. Significance or prominence.
    3. Personal status or standing.
    4. Something of importance.

Example Sentences

  • The importance of education cannot be overstated.
  • She understands the importance of meeting deadlines.
  • The study highlights the importance of early diagnosis.
  • Their speech emphasized the importance of teamwork.
  • He stressed the importance of honesty in the relationship.

On this page you'll find 117 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to importance, such as: accent, account, anonymity, attention, authority, bearing, beginning.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

cachet

  • account
  • authority
  • celebrity
  • centrality
  • consequence
  • control
  • design
  • distinction
  • dominion
  • eminence
  • essentiality
  • essentialness
  • fame
  • glory
  • gravity
  • greatness
  • honor
  • illustriousness
  • import
  • importance
  • magnitude
  • mark
  • mastery
  • moment
  • momentousness
  • name
  • note
  • noteworthiness
  • notoriety
  • position
  • potency
  • power
  • preeminence
  • prestige
  • prominence
  • rank
  • renown
  • report
  • reputation
  • repute
  • seal
  • seriousness
  • significance
  • stamp
  • standing
  • stature
  • status
  • store
  • substance
  • substantiveness
  • sway
  • value
  • weight
  • weightiness
  • worth
  • worthiness

fabulousness

  • choiceness
  • consequence
  • deficiency
  • distinction
  • excellence
  • excellency
  • exceptionality
  • exceptionalness
  • exquisiteness
  • extraordinariness
  • faultlessness
  • first-rateness
  • flawlessness
  • goodness
  • grandness
  • greatness
  • impeccability
  • importance
  • inadequacy
  • inadequateness
  • insufficiency
  • marvellousness
  • marvelousness
  • notability
  • perfection
  • perfectness
  • preeminence
  • primeness
  • specialness
  • splendidness
  • sterlingness
  • superbness
  • superiority
  • superlativeness
  • supremacy
  • supremeness
  • unacceptability
  • unsatisfactoriness
  • value
  • worth

idealism

valuation

  • account
  • appraisal
  • appraisement
  • assessment
  • audit
  • calculation
  • charge
  • check
  • checkup
  • computation
  • consequence
  • cost
  • desirability
  • estimate
  • estimation
  • evaluation
  • examination
  • excellence
  • face value
  • fee
  • figure
  • greatness
  • importance
  • inspection
  • list price
  • measurement
  • mensuration
  • merit
  • overestimation
  • overevaluation
  • perfection
  • price
  • rate
  • reassessment
  • reckoning
  • review
  • scan
  • scrutiny
  • significance
  • survey
  • transvaluation
  • underestimation
  • unit price
  • value
  • weight
  • worth

value

  • account
  • adjudge
  • admire
  • adore
  • advantage
  • amount
  • analyze
  • appraisal
  • appraise
  • appreciate
  • apprize
  • ascertain
  • assay
  • assess
  • assessment
  • bearing
  • benefit
  • caliber
  • cardinal virtue
  • caress
  • charge
  • cherish
  • condition
  • connotation
  • consequence
  • content
  • cost
  • decide
  • deem
  • denotation
  • desirability
  • determine
  • dig
  • discover
  • distinction
  • drift
  • edge
  • eminence
  • enjoy
  • enshrine
  • equivalent
  • esteem
  • estimate
  • estimation
  • evaluate
  • evaluation
  • excellence
  • excellency
  • expense
  • face value
  • fancy
  • fee
  • figure
  • finish
  • force
  • goodness
  • grace
  • grade
  • greatness
  • guesstimate
  • help
  • hold dear
  • hold in respect
  • idolize
  • implication
  • import
  • importance
  • interpretation
  • judge
  • learn
  • like
  • list price
  • love
  • mark
  • market price
  • marketability
  • meaning
  • memorialize
  • merit
  • misesteem
  • misjudge
  • misprize
  • monetary worth
  • perfection
  • plus
  • power
  • preference
  • price
  • prize
  • profit
  • purpose
  • quality
  • rate
  • rate highly
  • reappraise
  • reassess
  • reevaluate
  • regard
  • regard highly
  • rejudge
  • relish
  • repute
  • respect
  • revalue
  • revere
  • reverence
  • sense
  • serviceableness
  • set
  • set store by
  • set store on
  • settle
  • significance
  • state
  • stature
  • substance
  • superiority
  • survey
  • test
  • think highly of
  • transvaluate
  • transvalue
  • treasure
  • underestimate
  • undervalue
  • unit price
  • use
  • usefulness
  • utility
  • valuate
  • valuation
  • venerate
  • virtue
  • weight
  • worship
  • worth

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