Prominent \Prom"i*nent\, a. [L. prominens, -entis, p. pr. of
prominere to jut out, to project; pro before, forward +
minere (in comp.) to jut, project: cf. F. prominent. See
Imminent, Eminent.]
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1. Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of
something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a
prominent figure on a vase.
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2. Hence; Distinctly manifest; likely to attract attention
from its size or position; conspicuous; as, a prominent
feature of the face; a prominent building.
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3. Eminent; distinguished above others; as, a prominent
character.
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Prominent' moth (Zool.), any moth of the family
Notodontid[ae]; a notodontian; -- so called because the
larva has a hump or prominence on its back. Several of the
species are injurious to fruit trees.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
prominent
adj 1: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an
outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned
by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to
their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most
prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a
spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about
Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center";
"a striking resemblance between parent and child"
[syn: outstanding, salient, spectacular, striking]
2: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the
movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in
financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn: big, large]
WordNet (r) 2.0
189 Moby Thesaurus words for "prominent":
Olympian, absolute, acclaimed, aerial, airy, altitudinous,
apparent, arrant, arresting, ascendant, ascending, aspiring,
august, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic,
blatant, bold, bulging, celebrated, chief, clean-cut, clear,
clear as crystal, clear-cut, clothed with authority, colossal,
commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, conspicuous,
controlling, creditable, crystal-clear, defined, definite,
discernible, distinct, distinguishable, distinguished, dominant,
dominating, duly constituted, egregious, elevated, eminent,
emissile, empowered, esteemed, estimable, ethereal, evident,
ex officio, exalted, exceptional, excrescent, excrescential,
extraordinary, extruding, eye-catching, famed, famous, first,
flagrant, foremost, glaring, glorious, godlike, governing, great,
hanging out, haughty, hegemonic, hegemonistic, heroic, high,
high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up, honorable, honored,
identifiable, illustrious, imperative, important, in focus,
in relief, in the foreground, in the limelight, influential,
jutting, lauded, leading, lofty, magnanimous, magnificent, main,
majestic, marked, memorable, mighty, momentous, monocratic,
monumental, mounting, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy,
noticeable, notorious, obtrusive, obvious, of mark, official,
ostensible, outstanding, outtopping, overlooking, overtopping,
patent, plain, popular, potent, powerful, preeminent, prestigious,
principal, prognathous, projecting, pronounced, protrudent,
protruding, protrusile, protrusive, protuberant, protuberating,
puissant, raised, ranking, rare, recognizable, remarkable,
rememberable, renowned, reputable, respected, ruling, salient,
senior, signal, significant, soaring, special, spiring, staring,
stark-staring, steep, sticking out, striking, sublime, substantial,
superb, superior, superlative, supernal, supreme, telling,
to the front, topless, toplofty, topping, totalitarian, towering,
towery, unforgettable, unmistakable, uplifted, upreared, weighty,
well-defined, well-known, well-marked, well-pronounced,
well-resolved, well-thought-of
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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