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adj
Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: extuberant, outstanding, bulging, exserted, jutting, obtrusive, projecting, projectory, prominent, promontorial, protruding, protuberant, protuberous, salient
Antonyms: improminent
adj
Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: attention-grabbing, eye-catching, flashy, conspicuous, glossy, grabby, high-profile, prominent, salient
Antonyms: improminent, discreet, inconspicuous, inevident, inobtrusive, low-profile, noteless, obscure, unconspicuous, unevident, unobtrusive
adj
Eminent; distinguished above others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: eminent, forestanding, noteworthy, illustrious, distinguished, markworthy, mentionable, nameable, namely, nameworthy, notable, sensational, extraordinaire, noticeable, observable, outstanding, pass-remarkable, ponderable, prominent, remarkable, signal, sovereign
Antonyms: improminent, average, medial, basic, bog-standard, common, commonplace, common-and-garden, common-or-garden, congruent, consistent, conventional, customary, everyday, expected, garden variety, mundane, natural, normal, ordinary, par for the course, par, plain, plain vanilla, quotidian, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, standard issue, typical, unexceptional, unremarkable, unstrange, usual, vulgar, wakeaday, workaday
noun
Any of various moths having a conspicuous projection on the inner margin of the wings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: notodontid, prominent moth
Antonyms: none provided
noun
In Nazi concentration camps, an inmate entrusted with minor supervisory duties and rewarded with perquisites.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
conspicuous in position or importance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: big, large
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: outstanding, salient, spectacular, striking
Antonyms: none provided
History
From obsolete French prominent (compare proéminent), from Latin prōminēns, present active participle of prōmineō (“jut out, to project”), from prō (“before, forward”) + mineō (in compounds, “jut, project”).
Across languages
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