important

Questions about important

What does important mean?

important means "of great significance or value". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in important?

important has 3 syllables: im-por-tant. The stress falls on "por". In IPA it is /ˌɪmˈpɔɹtənt/.

What is another word for important?

Close synonyms include of import, significant, crucial, authoritative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of important?

The recorded antonyms are unimportant.

Is important a common word?

important is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with important?

1 word rhymes with important. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.