importance
/ɪmˈpɔːt(ə)ns
/noun [mass noun]
The state or fact of being of great significance or value: the importance of a good education an issue of great importance...
- I want to write. I want to be able to spend a day doing nothing of any real importance.
- There was no importance placed on the way you look, because that was not the way you were going to get by.
- Most buildings of importance were pulverised and much of the city is still a ruin.
Synonyms
significance, momentousness, import, consequence, note, noteworthiness, substance, value;
seriousness, graveness, gravity, weightiness, urgency
power, influence, authority, sway, weight, dominance;
prominence, eminence, pre-eminence, notability, worth, account;
prestige, high rank, status, standing, stature, superiority, mark, fame, renown, greatness, grandness
informal clout, pull
Phrases
full of one's own importance
Origin
Early 16th century: from French, from medieval Latin importantia, from important- 'being of consequence', from the verb importare (see import).