English Explanatory Dictionary

significant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Signifying something; carrying meaning.
Having a noticeable or major effect.
Reasonably large in number or amount.
Having a covert or hidden meaning.
Having a low probability of occurring by chance (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related).
Of a digit or figure, see significant figure.

noun

That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.

Pronunciation

/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/ /sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/ /sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.ɡənt/ en-us-significant.ogg /ˈsɪɡ.nɪ.fɪ.kᵻnʈ/

Word forms

significant more significant most significant significants

Etymology

From Latin significans, present participle of significare, from signum (“sign”) + ficare (“do, make”), variant of facere.

Synonyms

Antonyms

insignificant ignorable negligible slight

Related words

significance significand signify

Derived words

consignificant hypersignificant least significant bit least significant byte most significant bit most significant byte nonsignificant significant digit significant figure significantly significantness significant other significant wave height statistically significant subsignificant unsignificant

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