Synonyms for seminal
ˈsɛm ə nlsem·i·nal

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1. seminaladjective

   Of or relating to seed or semen.

   Synonyms:
   germinal

2. seminaladjective

   Creative or having the power to originate.

   Synonyms:
   primary, innovative

3. seminaladjective

   Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.

   The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was a seminal work in the modern philosophy of science.

   Synonyms:
   formative, innovative

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1. seminaladjective

   pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen

   "seminal fluid"

   Synonyms:
   germinal, originative

   Antonyms:
   unoriginal

2. germinal, originative, seminaladjective

   containing seeds of later development

   "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another"

   Synonyms:
   germinal, originative, creative

   Antonyms:
   unoriginal

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. seminaladjective

   Synonyms:
   germinal, radical, original, rudimental

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1. Ted Cruz:

   It is not complicated that on the seminal fight over amnesty in Congress, the Gang of Eight bill -- that was the brain child of Chuck Schumer and Barack Obama, would have granted amnesty to 12 million people here illegally -- that I stood with the American people and led the fight to defeat it in the United States Congress.

2. Walter Foster:

   The allegations brought by the California state department [ are ] seminal, and probably bellwether type litigation for this industry, it's being brought by a state agency, so they have the resources of the state. They don't invest in those litigations until they know they have a good case. ... You take a case to make an example.

3. Greg Kinnear:

   Laws have changed in the last 25 years in a huge way and you would really look at his case as a seminal case that brought it into the consciousness of most Americans.

4. Patrick Kennedy:

   President Kennedy signed the original Community Mental Health Act of ’63. Attorney General Robert Kennedy created the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in order to intervene early in young people’s lives, and my father was primary Senate sponsor of parity, these issues, and the incredible legacy that they all had on civil rights – from JFK being the first president to address the issue on national TV to RFK standing with Dr. King to my father’s seminal work on the Voting Rights Act – and immigration reform, are at the heart of my family’s legacy.

5. John Thune:

   That was sort of the seminal moment.