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Antonyms for prominence
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : prom-uh-nuhns |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒm ə nəns |
Definition of prominence
Origin :- 1590s, "projection," from obsolete French prominence (16c.), from Latin prominentia "a jutting out" (see prominent). Meaning "distinction, conspicuousness" is attested by 1827. As a type of solar phenomenon, from 1862.
- noun something that sticks out
- noun distinction, outstandingness
- Yet there was a set of the mouth and a prominence of the chin which relieved him of any trace of effeminacy.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- But he was prominent in nothing, for prominence was to him a thing like bodily pain.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- It had become a grimace that creased every wrinkle into prominence.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- Prominence was given to local endeavor in behalf of the helpless poor.
- Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
- This was the time when Pandit Sashadhar rose into prominence.
- Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
- Neither can be charged with pushing or intriguing himself into prominence.
- Extract from : « The Standard Oratorios » by George P. Upton
- In the few stamps at our disposal we have found but one of any prominence.
- Extract from : « The Stamps of Canada » by Bertram Poole
- At all events, it is in the north that the cult of Dagan rises to prominence.
- Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
- Yet the events of the war had forced the problem of the Negro into prominence.
- Extract from : « A History of the United States » by Cecil Chesterton
- His chin, too, had the prominence and squareness which mark the man of determination.
- Extract from : « A Study In Scarlet » by Arthur Conan Doyle
Synonyms for prominence
- bulge
- bump
- celebrity
- cliff
- conspicuity
- conspicuousness
- crag
- crest
- elevation
- eminence
- fame
- greatness
- headland
- height
- high point
- illustriousness
- importance
- influence
- jutting
- kudos
- markedness
- mound
- name
- notability
- pinnacle
- precedence
- preeminence
- prestige
- projection
- promontory
- protrusion
- protuberance
- rank
- renown
- reputation
- rise
- salience
- specialness
- spur
- standing
- swelling
- top billing
- tor
- weight
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