Prominent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prominent \Prom"i*nent\, a. [L. prominens, -entis, p. pr. of
     prominere to jut out, to project; pro before, forward +
     minere (in comp.) to jut, project: cf. F. prominent. See
     {Imminent}, {Eminent}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of


        something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a
        prominent figure on a vase.
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     2. Hence; Distinctly manifest; likely to attract attention
        from its size or position; conspicuous; as, a prominent
        feature of the face; a prominent building.
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     3. Eminent; distinguished above others; as, a prominent
        character.
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     {Prominent' moth} (Zool.), any moth of the family
        {Notodontid[ae]}; a notodontian; -- so called because the
        larva has a hump or prominence on its back. Several of the
        species are injurious to fruit trees.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prominent
       adj 1: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an
              outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned
              by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to
              their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most
              prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a
              spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about
              Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center";
              "a striking resemblance between parent and child"
              [syn: {outstanding}, {salient}, {spectacular}, {striking}]
       2: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the
          movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in
          financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn: {big}, {large}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  189 Moby Thesaurus words for "prominent":
     Olympian, absolute, acclaimed, aerial, airy, altitudinous,
     apparent, arrant, arresting, ascendant, ascending, aspiring,
     august, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic,
     blatant, bold, bulging, celebrated, chief, clean-cut, clear,
     clear as crystal, clear-cut, clothed with authority, colossal,
     commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, conspicuous,
     controlling, creditable, crystal-clear, defined, definite,
     discernible, distinct, distinguishable, distinguished, dominant,
     dominating, duly constituted, egregious, elevated, eminent,
     emissile, empowered, esteemed, estimable, ethereal, evident,
     ex officio, exalted, exceptional, excrescent, excrescential,
     extraordinary, extruding, eye-catching, famed, famous, first,
     flagrant, foremost, glaring, glorious, godlike, governing, great,
     hanging out, haughty, hegemonic, hegemonistic, heroic, high,
     high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up, honorable, honored,
     identifiable, illustrious, imperative, important, in focus,
     in relief, in the foreground, in the limelight, influential,
     jutting, lauded, leading, lofty, magnanimous, magnificent, main,
     majestic, marked, memorable, mighty, momentous, monocratic,
     monumental, mounting, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy,
     noticeable, notorious, obtrusive, obvious, of mark, official,
     ostensible, outstanding, outtopping, overlooking, overtopping,
     patent, plain, popular, potent, powerful, preeminent, prestigious,
     principal, prognathous, projecting, pronounced, protrudent,
     protruding, protrusile, protrusive, protuberant, protuberating,
     puissant, raised, ranking, rare, recognizable, remarkable,
     rememberable, renowned, reputable, respected, ruling, salient,
     senior, signal, significant, soaring, special, spiring, staring,
     stark-staring, steep, sticking out, striking, sublime, substantial,
     superb, superior, superlative, supernal, supreme, telling,
     to the front, topless, toplofty, topping, totalitarian, towering,
     towery, unforgettable, unmistakable, uplifted, upreared, weighty,
     well-defined, well-known, well-marked, well-pronounced,
     well-resolved, well-thought-of