prominent
standing out so as to be seen easily; particularly noticeable; conspicuous: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
standing out beyond the adjacent surface or line; projecting.
leading, important, or well-known: a prominent citizen.
Origin of prominent
1Other words for prominent
1 | obvious |
2 | protruding, jutting, protuberant |
3 | eminent, celebrated, famous, famed, renowned, distinguished |
Opposites for prominent
Other words from prominent
- prom·i·nent·ly, adverb
- non·prom·i·nent, adjective
- o·ver·prom·i·nent, adjective
Words Nearby prominent
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How to use prominent in a sentence
Thankfully, a number of prominent organizations such as the American Medical Association, the American College of Obstetricians of Gynecologists and the March of Dimes have declared medical racism a public health crisis.
Medical racism has shaped U.S. policies for centuries | Deirdre Owens | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostHe is a voracious consumer of analytics, one of the game’s most prominent stories about how a commitment to data can help an already solid player emerge as a star.
Trevor Bauer, unorthodox star with an unorthodox deal, gets an unorthodox Dodgers intro | Chelsea Janes | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostThe artists most prominent at Storm King — Smith, Calder, Richard Serra, Louise Nevelson and many others — are all great.
Sculpture parks are a great way to see art during a pandemic. Here’s why some are better than others. | Sebastian Smee | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostThen, it finds the prominent colors in each image and records them, eventually returning data about how often each color occurs.
Tech-savvy fashion forecasters already know what you’ll be wearing in two years | Rachael Zisk | February 10, 2021 | Popular-ScienceNeuroscience research in subsequent decades focused heavily on the prominent periodic waves in brain activity.
Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries | Elizabeth Landau | February 8, 2021 | Quanta Magazine
So then-President George H.W. Bush and other prominent Republicans endorsed Treen in the House runoff.
Failure to bond to their parents was the prominent reason children were being given away.
Both Boledi and Ahwazi have been prominent critics of Tehran for decades.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan | Umar Farooq | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFink stresses the need for Nigeria to train and deploy women into more prominent law enforcement roles.
The New Face of Boko Haram’s Terror: Teen Girls | Nina Strochlic | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the abuse continues at the hands of some of the most prominent “Western” gurus today.
Australia’s Underage Yoga Sex Cult: The Survivors Speak Out | Lizzie Crocker | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDockier, a prominent leader of the Levelers, in the times of the English commonwealth, was shot by order of the government.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellLong Jack was a prominent, but despite his joviality, it seems to me a pathetic figure.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThe first evening we went to it, and he, unobserved, made furtive sketches of the most prominent people and the prettiest girls.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowOn the upper part of each of these posts was a rude carving of a hideous human face with prominent teeth.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeIn that position I met from time to time, not only many prominent railway men, but also other men of mark.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
British Dictionary definitions for prominent
/ (ˈprɒmɪnənt) /
jutting or projecting outwards
standing out from its surroundings; noticeable
widely known; eminent
Origin of prominent
1Derived forms of prominent
- prominently, adverb
- prominentness, noun
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