significance
English Thesaurus
1. the quality of being significant (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | importance, |
| definition | : | the quality of being important and worthy of note (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | historicalness, |
| definition | : | significance owing to its history (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | meaningfulness, |
| definition | : | the quality of having great value or significance (noun.attribute) |
2. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | meaning, substance, |
| definition | : | the idea that is intended (noun.cognition) |
3. the message that is intended or expressed or signified (noun.communication)
| hyponym | : | lexical meaning, |
| definition | : | the meaning of a content word that depends on the nonlinguistic concepts it is used to express (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | grammatical meaning, |
| definition | : | the meaning of a word that depends on its role in a sentence; varies with inflectional form (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | sense, signified, |
| definition | : | the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | connotation, intension, |
| definition | : | what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | referent, |
| definition | : | something referred to; the object of a reference (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | intent, purport, spirit, |
| definition | : | the intended meaning of a communication (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | lesson, moral, |
| definition | : | the significance of a story or event (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | overtone, |
| definition | : | (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | point, |
| definition | : | a brief version of the essential meaning of something (noun.communication) |
4. the quality of being significant (noun.attribute)
| antonym | : | insignificance, |
| definition | : | the quality of having little or no significance (noun.attribute) |
5. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | connote, imply, |
| definition | : | express or state indirectly (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | import, spell, |
| definition | : | indicate or signify (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | entail, implicate, |
| definition | : | impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result (verb.stative) |
6. the message that is intended or expressed or signified (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | signify, |
| definition | : | convey or express a meaning (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | import, spell, |
| definition | : | indicate or signify (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | intend, mean, |
| definition | : | mean or intend to express or convey (verb.communication) |
7. the quality of being significant (noun.attribute)
| antonym | : | insignificance, |
| definition | : | the quality of having little or no significance (noun.attribute) |
8. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | connote, imply, |
| definition | : | express or state indirectly (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | import, spell, |
| definition | : | indicate or signify (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | entail, implicate, |
| definition | : | impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result (verb.stative) |
9. the message that is intended or expressed or signified (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | signify, |
| definition | : | convey or express a meaning (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | import, spell, |
| definition | : | indicate or signify (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | intend, mean, |
| definition | : | mean or intend to express or convey (verb.communication) |
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