Significant Definition
sĭg-nĭfĭ-kənt
adjective
Having or expressing a meaning.
Webster's New World
Full of meaning.
Webster's New World
Having or conveying a special or hidden meaning; suggestive.
Webster's New World
Important; momentous.
Webster's New World
Fairly large in amount or quantity.
Significant casualties; no significant opposition.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
Something that has significance; sign.
Webster's New World
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Significant
Noun
Singular:
significantPlural:
significantsOrigin of Significant
From Latin significans, present participle of significare, from signum, "sign", + ficare, "do" or "make", variant of facere.
From Wiktionary
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Latin significāns significant- present participle of significāre to signify signify
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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