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prominence - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | prominence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that sticks out |
| Synonyms: | bulge, bump, cliff, crest, elevation, eminence, headland, height, jutting, mound, pinnacle, projection, promontory, protrusion, protuberance, rise, spur, swelling, conspicuity, conspicuousness, crag, high point, markedness, tor |
| Antonyms: | depression |
| Main Entry: | prominence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distinction, outstandingness |
| Synonyms: | celebrity, eminence, fame, greatness, importance, influence, kudos*, name, precedence, prestige, rank, renown, reputation, standing, weight, illustriousness, notability, preeminence, salience, specialness, top billing |
| Antonyms: | obscurity, unimportance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bulge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swollen object |
| Synonyms: | appendage, blob, bump, bunch, dilation, distention, excess, excrescence, growth, hump, jut, lump, outgrowth, projection, prominence, promontory, protrusion, protuberance, sac, salient, superfluity, swelling, tumor, wart, bagginess, bunching, convexity, gibbosity, intumescence, nodulation, nodule, outthrust, sagging, salience, tuberosity, tumefaction |
| Antonyms: | depression |
| Main Entry: | clarity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clearness |
| Synonyms: | accuracy, brightness, certainty, definition, distinctness, evidence, exactness, lucidity, precision, prominence, purity, simplicity, transparency, articulateness, cognizability, comprehensibility, conspicuousness, decipherability, directness, exactitude, explicability, explicitness, intelligibility, legibility, limpidity, limpidness, manifestness, obviousness, openness, overtness, palpability, penetrability, perceptibility, perspicuity, plainness, salience, tangibility, unambiguity, unmistakability |
| Antonyms: | obscurity, dirtiness, unintelligiblity |
| Main Entry: | fame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebrity |
| Synonyms: | éclat, acclaim, acclamation, account, acknowledgment, character, credit, dignity, distinction, elevation, eminence, esteem, estimation, exaltation, favor, glory, greatness, heyday, honor, immortality, kudos, laurels, luster, majesty, name, nobility, note, notoriety, place, popularity, position, prominence, rank, recognition, regard, renown, report, reputation, splendor, standing, stardom, station, superiority, illustriousness, preeminence, public esteem, rep, repute |
| Main Entry: | hill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uprising of earth's surface; pile |
| Synonyms: | acclivity, ascent, bluff, cliff, climb, down, drift, dune, elevation, eminence, fell, gradient, headland, heap, height, hillock, inclination, incline, knoll, mesa, mound, mount, precipice, prominence, promontory, protuberance, range, ridge, rise, shock, slope, stack, summit, butte, esker, highland, hillside, hilltop, hummock, rising ground, talus, tor, upland |
| Antonyms: | canyon, ditch, gulley |
| Main Entry: | hillock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small hill |
| Synonyms: | acclivity, ascent, bluff, cliff, drift, dune, elevation, headland, heap, inclination, incline, knoll, mesa, mound, mount, precipice, prominence, promontory, ridge, rise, slope, summit, butte, esker, highland, hilltop, hummock |
| Main Entry: | hump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swelling, projection |
| Synonyms: | bulge, bump, dune, elevation, eminence, excrescence, hill, hunch, knob, mound, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, ridge, swell, convexedness, convexity, gibbosity, hummock, knap, knurl, kyphosis, tumescence |
| Antonyms: | depression |
| Main Entry: | influence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, authority |
| Synonyms: | access, agency, ascendancy, character, clout, command, consequence, control, credit, direction, domination, dominion, drag, effect, esteem, fame, fix, force, grease*, guidance, hold, impact, importance, imprint, juice*, leadership, leverage, magnetism, mark, moment, money, monopoly, network, notoriety, predominance, prerogative, pressure, prestige, prominence, pull, repercussion, reputation, rule, significance, spell, supremacy, sway, weight*, connections, in, ropes |
| Antonyms: | impotence, incapacity, inferiority, weakness, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knoll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small hill |
| Synonyms: | acclivity, ascent, bluff, cliff, drift, dune, elevation, headland, heap, hillock, inclination, incline, knoll, mesa, mound, mount, precipice, prominence, promontory, ridge, rise, slope, summit, butte, esker, highland, hilltop, hummock |
| Main Entry: | kudos |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | praise, acclaim |
| Synonyms: | applause, credit, distinction, eminence, esteem, fame, flattery, glory, honor, pat on the back, plaudits, plum*, prestige, prominence, puff*, regard, renown, PR, illustriousness, laudation, notability, preeminence, pumping up, raves, repute, strokes |
| Antonyms: | blame, criticism |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | limelight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public attention |
| Synonyms: | eminence, exposure, glare, hype*, photo opportunity, prominence, public eye, renown, spotlight, fifteen minutes of fame, focus of attention, media attention, public interest, public notice, public recognition |
| Antonyms: | obscurity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prestige |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fame, influence |
| Synonyms: | éclat*, authority, cachet, celebrity, consequence, control, credit, dignity, distinction, eminence, esteem, importance, kudos*, position, power, prominence, rank, regard, renown, reputation, standing, state, stature, status, sway, weight, illustriousness, preeminence, prominency, repute |
| Antonyms: | humility, lowliness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | protuberance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump, outgrowth |
| Synonyms: | bulge, bump, excrescence, jut, jutting, knob, process, projection, prominence, protrusion, swelling, tumor, outthrust |
| Antonyms: | depression, ingrowth, sinkage |
| Main Entry: | renown |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fame |
| Synonyms: | éclat, acclaim, celebrity, distinction, eminence, glory, honor, kudos, luster, mark, note, notoriety, prestige, prominence, reputation, stardom, illustriousness, preeminence, prominency, rep, repute |
| Antonyms: | obscurity, unimportance, anonymity |
| Main Entry: | reputation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commonly held opinion of person's character |
| Synonyms: | éclat, account, approval, authority, character, credit, distinction, eminence, esteem, estimation, fame, favor, honor, influence, mark*, name*, notoriety, opinion, position, prestige, privilege, prominence, rank, regard, reliability, renown, report, respectability, standing, stature, weight, acceptability, dependability, rep, repute, trustworthiness |
| Notes: | character is what one is; reputation is what one is thought to be by others |
| Antonyms: | notoriety, disreputableness, ill repute |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stardom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fame |
| Synonyms: | éclat, acclaim, celebrity, distinction, eminence, esteem, glory, greatness, honor, immortality, nobility, notoriety, popularity, prestige, prominence, recognition, renown, standing, illustriousness, preeminence, public esteem |
| Main Entry: | stature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance |
| Synonyms: | ability, cachet, caliber, capacity, competence, consequence, development, dignity, elevation, eminence, growth, merit, position, prestige, prominence, qualification, quality, rank, size, standing, state, station, status, value, virtue, worth, tallness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | status |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rank |
| Synonyms: | cachet, caliber, capacity, character, condition, consequence, degree, dignity, distinction, eminence, footing, grade, merit, mode, place, position, prestige, prominence, quality, rating, renown, situation, stage, standing, state, station, stature, worth |
| Main Entry: | eminence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance, fame |
| Synonyms: | authority, celebrity, credit, dignity, distinction, esteem, glory, greatness, honor, influence, kudos, note, power, prestige, prominence, rank, renown, reputation, significance, standing, superiority, weight, famousness, illustriousness, loftiness, notability, preeminence, prepotency, prominency, repute |
| Antonyms: | inferiority, unimportance |
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