Synonyms & related words for important

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of important — including significant, vital, essential, momentous, critical, valuable. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to important

Explore words related to important — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include crucial, pivotal, cruciality, importance, importantly, crucially, indispensable, vitally. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for important

Common synonyms for important include significant, vital, essential, momentous, critical, valuable, salient, imperative — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does important come from?

The word important breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root port-, from Latin porto (“carry”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.