importance

/ɪmˈpɔrtns/

/ɪmˈpɔtɛns/

Other forms: importances

Importance is the state of being greatly significant. If you're invited to your cousin's wedding and your friend's circus-themed birthday party on the same day, you'll have to decide which event has more importance to you.

Something or someone that is particularly notable can also be referred to with the noun importance. The historic and symbolic importance of the "Declaration of Independence" means that most kids learn about it in history class. In your history class, you'll also learn about the people who had positions of importance in drafting the "Declaration," like John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

Definitions of importance

1. noun

   the quality of being important and worthy of note
   “the importance of a well-balanced diet”

   antonyms:

   unimportance

   the quality of not being important or worthy of note

   types:

   big deal

   anything of great importance or consequence

   magnitude

   relative importance

   account

   importance or value

   momentousness

   utmost importance

   prominence

   relative importance

   greatness, illustriousness

   the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence

   significance

   the quality of being significant

   essentiality, essentialness

   basic importance

   urgency

   pressing importance requiring speedy action

   weight, weightiness

   the relative importance granted to something

   gravity

   alarming importance or seriousness

   seriousness

   alarming importance or seriousness

   extensiveness, largeness

   large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness

   historicalness

   significance owing to its history

   meaningfulness

   the quality of having great value or significance

   consequence, import, moment

   having important effects or influence

   vitalness

   the quality of being essential to maintain life

   indispensability, indispensableness, vitalness

   the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without

   edge, sharpness

   the attribute of urgency in tone of voice

   imperativeness, instancy

   the quality of being insistent

   type of:

   value

   the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
2. noun

   a prominent status
   “a person of importance”

   synonyms: grandness

   types:

   accent, emphasis

   special importance or significance

   primacy

   the state of being first in importance

   focus, stress

   special emphasis attached to something

   type of:

   standing

   social or financial or professional status or reputation