Synonyms for "important"
- significant
has measurable weight or effect — common with data
- crucial
decisive at a specific moment
- essential
without it, the whole thing stops working
- vital
essential, with a sense of urgency
- key
informal, points to the one factor that matters most
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How this list was made
A short, curated set written for this page — not a scraped dictionary. Each entry has an original note, not a copied definition.
Do synonyms for "important" all mean exactly the same thing?
Almost never. Each of the 5 words above carries a different shade of "important" — the note next to each one explains the difference, so you reach for the right word, not just any word on the list.