Antonyms for momentous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : moh-men-tuhs

Phonetic Transcription : moʊˈmɛn təs

Definition of momentous

Origin : 1650s, from moment + -ous to carry the sense of "important" while momentary kept the meaning "of an instant of time." Related: Momentously; momentousness.

adj important; serious

Example sentences :

Those that confront us now are as momentous as any in the past.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

It is the evening of Sedan, the most momentous victory of the century.
Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

The night came, the last night but one of that eventful, momentous year 1775.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

But this is rambling far from the momentous twenty-first of June, my day of triumph.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

How can I be, when I think of the momentous change that awaits me, and of all I have to leave?
Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte

I presume, Sir, you want my vote and interest at this momentous epoch of your life?
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

I had no suspicion then how momentous they were, but afterwards I had occasion to rue them.
Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

In this momentous question of my life we do not, and it would seem we never can, agree.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

If the story which he tells us is true, it is too momentous to be played with in poetry.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

He had a good deal to think over, for he had come to a momentous decision.
Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker

Synonyms for momentous

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