Definition of significant Significant

/sʌgnɪˈfɪkʌnt/ - [sugnifikunt] - sig•nif•i•cant

We found 15 definitions of significant from 5 different sources.

What does significant mean?

WordNet

Adjective
significant - important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"
		important
		unimportant, insignificant not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant"
		of import, important of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"
		meaningful having a meaning or purpose; "a meaningful explanation"; "a meaningful discussion"; "a meaningful pause"
		significance the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"
		momentous of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event"
		epoch-making, epochal highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era; "epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill"; "an epoch-making discovery"
		world-shaking, world-shattering, earthshaking loud enough to shake the very earth
		evidential, evidentiary serving as or based on evidence; "evidential signs of a forced entry"; "its evidentiary value"
		fundamental, profound being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"
		large having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
		monumental of outstanding significance; "Einstein's monumental contributions to physics"
		noteworthy, remarkable worthy of notice; "a noteworthy fact is that her students rarely complain"; "a remarkable achievement"
		probative, probatory tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation; "evidence should only be excluded if its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect"
		operative being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
significant - too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation; "the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level"; "no significant difference was found"
		statistics a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
significant - fairly large; "won by a substantial margin"
		substantial
significant - rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look"
		meaning, pregnant
		meaningful having a meaning or purpose; "a meaningful explanation"; "a meaningful discussion"; "a meaningful pause"

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Wiktionary

significant (Noun)
That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
significant (Adjective)
Signifying something; carrying meaning.
significant (Adjective)
Having a covert or hidden meaning.
significant (Adjective)
Having a noticeable or major effect; notable.
significant (Adjective)
Reasonably large in number or amount.
significant (Adjective)
Having a low probability of occurring by chance for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

significant (a.)
Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look.
significant (a.)
Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event.
significant (n.)
That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.