Hyphenation of IMPORTANT

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word IMPORTANT ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

IM-POR-TANT

Definitions of IMPORTANT :

1.	Of great significance or value Important people The important questions of the day
2.	Important in effect or meaning A significant change in tax laws A significant change in the Constitution A significant contribution Significant details Statistically significant
3.	Of extreme importance Vital to the resolution of a crisis A crucial moment in his career A crucial election A crucial issue for women
4.	Having authority or ascendancy or influence An important official The captain's authoritative manner
5.	Having or suggesting a consciousness of high position Recited the decree with an important air Took long important strides in the direction of his office

Synonyms of IMPORTANT :

adj	important, of import, all-important, all important, crucial, essential, of the essence, alpha, arch, big, burning, cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal, chief, main, primary, principal, consequential, eventful, Copernican, distinguished, eminent, great, grave, grievous, heavy, weighty, historic, in-chief, measurable, most-valuable, serious, strategic, useful, valuable, of value, beta, essential, significant, valuable
adj	significant, big, momentous, earthshaking, world-shaking, world-shattering, epochal, epoch-making, evidential, evidentiary, fundamental, profound, monumental, noteworthy, remarkable, probative, operative, key, portentous, prodigious, large, of import, meaningful
adj	crucial, critical, decisive, life-and-death, life-or-death, pivotal, polar, critical, decisive, essential
adj	authoritative, influential
adj	immodest

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