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Synonyms for prominence
ˈprɒm ə nənspromi·nence
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Princeton's WordNet
prominencenoun
the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
Synonyms:
bump, extrusion, hump, excrescence, protuberance, protrusion, swelling, gibbousness, jut, gibbosity, bulgeAntonyms:
obscurityprominencenoun
relative importance
Synonyms:
bump, extrusion, hump, excrescence, protuberance, protrusion, swelling, gibbousness, jut, gibbosity, bulgeAntonyms:
obscuritybulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescencenoun
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
"the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
Synonyms:
swelling, lump, expulsion, protrusion, gibbousness, jut, jutting, intumescence, extrusion, bulge, projection, protuberance, gibbosity, intumescency, bump, blow, puffiness, hump, excrescenceAntonyms:
obscurity
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
prominencenoun
Synonyms:
protuberance, projection, bulge, processprominencenoun
Synonyms:
conspicuousness, eminence, distinction, celebrity
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "prominence":
salience, importance, pre-eminence, visibility, significance, predominance
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2540 | blow | |
#2946 | importance | |
#5750 | projection | |
#6192 | significance | |
#7684 | visibility | |
#10588 | bump | |
#13952 | lump | |
#15289 | swelling | |
#23638 | expulsion | |
#25645 | prominence | |
#27710 | extrusion | |
#28274 | bulge | |
#29554 | hump | |
#55971 | predominance | |
#74471 | protrusion | |
#74625 | salience | |
#86009 | jutting | |
#106140 | jut | |
#110233 | puffiness | |
#180983 | protuberance |
How to use prominence in a sentence?
What has taken prominence at the moment is ISIS, Daesh.
The Pueblo incident may gain prominence over time because it teaches us that you can deal with North Korea, even during a major crisis.
It is at a level of intensity that is new, this is not something you see tweeted about on a regular basis. But after the attack in Charleston and the prominence that the flag took, it feels as if it is now being rubbed in our faces.
Any time a member of a group that has often been marginalized achieves this kind of prominence and attracts this kind of spotlight, it creates a moment of self-reflection over what it means to participate at the highest level of government and how they square that with the faith.
'A seismic shift' for secretary of state racesThe 2020 election represented a high-water mark for prominence of the secretary of state position. The sitting President was calling out secretaries by name, including some Republicans, and urging his supporters to put pressure on these offices to refuse to certify elections in states he had lost.Its absolutely getting worse: Secretaries of state targeted by Trump election lies live in fear for their safety and are desperate for protectionIn several states, the secretary of state is appointed by the governor, but the position is an elected office in a majority of states, albeit one that voters haven't usually prioritized. Both Republican and Democratic campaigns raised tiny sums compared with other statewide counterparts, and few aired ads on television.That has shifted since the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol, reflected in fundraising by top secretary of state candidates and the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State.An insurrection makes a difference. The aftermath of the 2020 election forced more Americans to recognize that our country is at a crossroads and our democracy is in peril, i think across the board, all of those factors culminated in people recognizing that secretaries of state are one of our last lines of defense. And people are paying attention now.
Translations for prominence
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- ProtuberanzGerman
- protuberancia, prominenciaSpanish
- برجستگیPersian
- kohouma, merkittävyys, pullistuma, hallitsevuus, korkeusFinnish
- protubéranceFrench
- protuberanzaItalian
- framståandeNorwegian Nynorsk
- prominens, primærfaktor, framståendeNorwegian
- proeminênciaPortuguese
- proeminențăRomanian
- выпуклость, выступ, признание, относительная высота, известностьRussian
- prominensSwedish
- nổi bậtVietnamese
- 突出物Chinese
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