SIGNIFICANCE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the quality of being significant
   Usage Example(s)
   • do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power
   Hypernyms(s) significance is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • importance (what does importance mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • insignificance (what does insignificance mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • historicalness (what does historicalness mean?)
   • meaningfulness (what does meaningfulness mean?)
   • consequence (what does consequence mean?)
   • import (what does import mean?)
   • moment (what does moment mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • significant (what does significant mean?)
   • important (what does important mean?)
   • insignificant (what does insignificant mean?)
   • unimportant (what does unimportant mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
   Synonym(s)
   • implication (what does implication mean?)
   • import (what does import mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the significance of his remark became clear only later
   • the expectation was spread both by word and by implication
   Hypernyms(s) significance is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • meaning (what does meaning mean?)
   • substance (what does substance mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • imply (what does imply mean?)
   • connote (what does connote mean?)
   • entail (what does entail mean?)
   • implicate (what does implicate mean?)
   • spell (what does spell mean?)
   • import (what does import mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the message that is intended or expressed or signified
   Synonym(s)
   • import (what does import mean?)
   • meaning (what does meaning mean?)
   • signification (what does signification mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • what is the meaning of this sentence
   • the significance of a red traffic light
   • the signification of Chinese characters
   • the import of his announcement was ambigtuous
   Hypernyms(s) significance is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • message (what does message mean?)
   • content (what does content mean?)
   • subject matter (what does subject matter mean?)
   • substance (what does substance mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • lexical meaning (what does lexical meaning mean?)
   • grammatical meaning (what does grammatical meaning mean?)
   • symbolization (what does symbolization mean?)
   • symbolisation (what does symbolisation mean?)
   • sense (what does sense mean?)
   • signified (what does signified mean?)
   • intension (what does intension mean?)
   • connotation (what does connotation mean?)
   • referent (what does referent mean?)
   • effect (what does effect mean?)
   • essence (what does essence mean?)
   • burden (what does burden mean?)
   • core (what does core mean?)
   • gist (what does gist mean?)
   • intent (what does intent mean?)
   • purport (what does purport mean?)
   • spirit (what does spirit mean?)
   • moral (what does moral mean?)
   • lesson (what does lesson mean?)
   • nuance (what does nuance mean?)
   • nicety (what does nicety mean?)
   • shade (what does shade mean?)
   • subtlety (what does subtlety mean?)
   • refinement (what does refinement mean?)
   • overtone (what does overtone mean?)
   • point (what does point mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • spell (what does spell mean?)
   • import (what does import mean?)
   • mean (what does mean mean?)
   • intend (what does intend mean?)
   • signify (what does signify mean?)
   • stand for (what does stand for mean?)
   • signify (what does signify mean?)
   • mean (what does mean mean?)
   • intend (what does intend mean?)
   • signify (what does signify mean?)
   • stand for (what does stand for mean?)
   • mean (what does mean mean?)
   • intend (what does intend mean?)