Adjacent Words

Prominent definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROM'INENT, a. [L. prominens.] Standing out beyond the line or surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as a prominent figure on a vase.
1. Full; large; as a prominent eye.
2. Eminent; distinguished above others; as a prominent character.
3. Principal; most visible or striking to the eye; conspicuous. The figure of a man or of a building holds a prominent place in a picture.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, prominent, 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, prominent]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English promynent, from Latin prominent-, prominens, from present participle of promin?re to jut forward, from pro- forward + -min?re (akin to mont-, mons mountain) — more at mount Date: 15th century 1. standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line ; protuberant 2. a. readily noticeable ; conspicuous b. widely and popularly known ; leading Synonyms: see noticeable • prominently adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 jutting out; projecting. 2 conspicuous. 3 distinguished; important. Derivatives: prominency n. prominently adv. Etymology: L prominere jut out: cf. EMINENT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] 1. Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase. 2. Hence; Distinctly manifest; likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous; as, a prominent feature of the face; a prominent building. 3. Eminent; distinguished above others; as, a prominent character. Prominent' moth (Zo["o]l.), 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is prominent is important. ...a prominent member of the Law Society. = well-known ADJ 2. Something that is prominent is very noticeable or is an important part of something else. Here the window plays a prominent part in the design. ADJ • prominently Trade will figure prominently in the second day of talks in Washington... ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Protuberant, projecting, juting, relieved, embossed. 2. Conspicuous, eminent, celebrated, distinguished, famous. 3. Distinctly manifest, conspicuous, important, principal, main.

Moby Thesaurus

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