| NOUN | state | prominence | the state of being prominent |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | prominence | relative importance | |
| shape | prominence, bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings |
| Sounds | praa'mahnahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent. | |
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| Narrower | limelight, spotlight, glare, public eye | A focus of public attention |
| salience, saliency, strikingness | The state of being salient | |
| Broader | standing | social or financial or professional status or reputation |
| Opposite | obscurity | An obscure and unimportant standing |
| Spanish | importancia, protagonismo | |
| Catalan | importància, protagonisme | |
| Adjectives | prominent | conspicuous in position or importance |
| Meaning | relative importance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | importance | The quality of being important and worthy of note |
| Spanish | importancia, prominencia | |
| Catalan | importància, prominència | |
| Adjectives | prominent | conspicuous in position or importance |
| Meaning | Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. | |
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| Example | "he stood on the rocky prominence" | |
| Synonyms | bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence | |
| Narrower | belly | A part that bulges deeply |
| caput | A headlike protuberance on an organ or structure | |
| frontal eminence | Either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit | |
| mogul | A bump on a ski slope | |
| nub, nubble | A small lump or protuberance | |
| occipital protuberance | prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone | |
| snag | A sharp protuberance | |
| wart | Any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) | |
| Broader | projection | Any solid convex shape that juts out from something |
| Spanish | bulto, corcova, excrecencia, extrusión, joroba, prominencia, protuberancia | |
| Catalan | bony, gepa, gep, monticle, prominència, protuberància | |
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