Synonyms & related words for significance

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of significance — including signification, meaning, importance, implication, momentousness, meaningfulness. 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 significance

Explore words related to significance — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include nonsignificance, significs, momentous, symbolism, unimportance, relevancy, charactery, significant. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for significance

Common synonyms for significance include signification, meaning, importance, implication, momentousness, meaningfulness, relevance, connotation — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does significance come from?

The word significance breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: sign-, from Latin signum (“mark, sign”); and -fic, from Latin facio (“make, do”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.