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

Example sentences :

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

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