of import

Questions about of import

What does of import mean?

of import means "of great significance or value".

What is another word for of import?

Close synonyms include important. 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.

Is of import a common word?

of import is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.