Prominent

Definition: Prominent

Prominent

Adjective

1. Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child".

2. Conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "prominent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Prominent \Prom"i*nent\, adjective. [Latin expression prominens, -entis, present participle of prominere to jut out, to project; pro before, forward minere (in comp.) to jut, project: compare to the French expression prominent. See Imminent, Eminent.]. (references)

Synonyms: Prominent

Convexity

Verb: be prominent; Adjective: project, bulge, protrude, pout, bouge, bunch; jut out, stand out, stick out, poke out; stick up, bristle up, start up, shoot up; swell over, hang over, bend over; beetle.

Render prominent; Adjective: raise; emboss, chase.

Adjective: convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting; Verb: bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy; clavate, clavated, claviform; hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform; papulous, papilose; hemispheric, bulbous; bowed, arched; bold; bellied; tuberous, tuberculous; tumous; cornute, odontoid; lentiform, lenticular; gibbous; club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose.

Height

Overhanging; Verb:; incumbent, overlying, superincumbent, supernatant, superimposed; prominent; c.

Importance

Great thing, great point; main chance, "the be all and the end all "; cardinal point; substance, gist; (essence); sum and substance, gravamen, head and front; important part, principal part, prominent part, essential part; half the battle; sine qua non; breath of one's nostrils; (life);cream, salt, core, kernel, heart, nucleus; keynote, keystone; corner stone; trump card; (device); salient points.

Adjective: important; of importance; Noun: momentous, material; to the point; not to be overlooked, not to be despised, not to be sneezed at; egregious; weighty; (influential); of note; (repute); notable, prominent, salient, signal; memorable, remarkable; unforgettable; worthy of remark, worthy of notice; never to be forgotten; stirring, eventful.

Manifestation

Adjective: manifest, apparent; salient, striking, demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced.

Repute

Eminent, prominent; high; in the zenith; at the head of, at the top of the tree; peerless, of the first water.; superior; supereminent, preeminent.

Crosswords: Prominent

Czech (notable, socialite), German (prominent, prominently), Swedish (prominent).

I just came here as a professional courtesy since she's in New Orleans and plans on killing one of your prominent citizens (Double Jeopardy; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook)

You know, I'm a very prominent surgeon (Young Frankenstein; writing credit: Mary Shelley; Gene Wilder)

I've just returned from America, a country of many prominent erections (The First Great Train Robbery; writing credit: Michael Crichton)

The Fable of the Throbbing Genius of a TankTown Who Was Encouraged by Her Folks Who Were Prominent (1916)

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Books

• Experiencing God in Worship: Perspectives on the Future of Worship in the Church from Today's Most Prominent Leaders (reference)

• Know Your Angels: The Angel Almanac With Biographies of 100 Prominent Angels in Legend & Folklore-And Much More! (reference)

• Prairie Avenue Cookbook: Recipes and Recollections from Prominent 19Th-Century Chicago Families (reference)

• Prominent American ghosts (reference)

• The African American Network: Get Connected to More Than 5,000 Prominent People and Organizations in the African-American Community (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

White woman showing side view of face and nude body to just under breasts. Left arm raised indicating breast reconstruction post mastectomy. Nipple missing, and cicatrix (scar) is prominent. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Prominent host of adult Dermacentor andersoni. Credit: CDC.

Third stage mosquito larvae of the genus Anopheles generally have a wide and heavily sclerotized collar on the posterior border of the head. Fourth instars have a smaller, less prominent collar. Credit: CDC.

A prominent patch of scales, known as the comb scales, occurs on each side of the eighth abdominal segment in most genera. Credit: CDC.

A series of rocky outcroppings are a prominent feature of this Sahara Desert landscape near the Terkezi Oasis in the country of Chad. Credit: NASA.

Flying into Western Samoa - prominent fringing reef. Credit: America's Coastlines.

From the water, a prominent cliff face of Mona Island. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

An aerial close-up view of the created wetlands with a prominent lobe in the foreground. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Close up of worm tubes, sometimes the most prominent structures on sandy bottom. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Burial marker of Nikolai Rezanov, prominent naval officer and one of the directors of the Russian-American Company, Krasnoiarsk, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The dread of being awakened from the happiest dream, was perhaps the most prominent feeling

Between his guards Casy sat proudly, his head up and the stringy muscles of his neck prominent.

It stood prominent six feet, and could not be less than sixteen in circumference

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Health

Alveolar septum showing prominent type II pneumocyte proliferation. (references)

Necrosis was prominent in rats subjected to severe spinal cord trauma. (references)

Apraxia, motor problems, and seizures are prominent during this stage. (references)

Business

Vauxhall, Ford, Nissan and Toyota are also prominent exporters. (references)

The Japanese and Korean advertisers have been the most prominent in this practice. (references)

Chongqing Machine Tool Factory products are sold to a lot of prominent Chinese companies. (references)

Children

Bhutan

Exile groups claim that Nepalese students scoring highly on national exams are not always given the same advantages as other students (such as the chance to study abroad at government expense), particularly if they are related to prominent dissidents or refugees. (references)

Lebanon

The Committee for Children's Rights, formed by prominent politicians and some local NGO's, has been lobbying for legislation to improve the condition of children. (references)

Civil Liberties

Burma

Nevertheless, on Labor Day (May 1) and on the anniversary of the NLD (September 27), some speeches critical of the government were delivered by opposition leaders, including NLD vice chairman U Tin Oo. Many prominent writers and journalists remain in prison. (references)

Discrimination

Syria

Certain prominent positions, such as that of provincial governor, are reserved solely for Ba'th Party members. (references)

Syria

In practice membership in the Ba'th Party or close familial relations with a prominent party member or powerful government official can be important for economic, social, or educational advancement. (references)

Economic History

India

India's size, population, and strategic location give it a prominent voice in international affairs, and its growing industrial base, military strength, and scientific and technical capacity give it added weight. (references)

Human Rights

Nigeria

These persons, usually prominent individuals residing in larger cities such as Abuja and Lagos, are remanded to Imo State custody and told that they also will be prosecuted for the transfer of stolen goods; however, if they pay a bribe, they are released, as is the pretrial detainee who colluded with the prison officials. (references)

Ethiopia

On May 8, authorities arrested Berhanu Nega and Mesfin Woldemariam, two prominent academics and human rights activists; 3 weeks later, they were charged with inciting the AAU students to riot during an April 8 panel discussion on human rights and academic freedom that was organized by the Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) and with organizing a clandestine political party, the Ethiopian Democratic League (EDL). (references)

Tanzania

In July the Legal and Human Rights Center, a local NGO, held its first-ever Annual General Meeting, which was attended by a number of prominent domestic human rights activists as well as representatives of grassroots organizations. (references)

Minorities

Mexico

While religious differences were often a prominent feature of such incidents, ethnic differences, land disputes, and struggles over local political and economic power were most often the basic cause of the problems. (references)

China

In March 2000, a Xinjiang court sentenced Rebiya Kadeer, a prominent Uighur businesswoman and former member of the provincial-level Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, to 8 years in prison on charges of "passing state intelligence" to foreigners; according to an official press report, the intelligence she was accused of passing included newspaper articles and a list of names of persons whose cases had been handled by the courts. (references)

Brazil

Jewish community activists report that although neo-Nazi groups have issued threats against at least one prominent leader, there have been no reports of any violent incidents directed at Jews. (references)

Political Economy

Malaysia

The trial of a prominent human rights activist on charges arising from her criticisms of such conditions continued. (references)

Syria

Beginning in August, the Government also arrested 10 prominent human rights leaders, including two independent Members of Parliament and former longtime political prisoner Riad al-Turk. (references)

Syria

Although the Government released prominent political prisoner Nizar Nayyuf in May after 10 years in prison, it immediately placed him under house arrest. (references)

Political Rights

Iran

Most of those disqualified were outspoken advocates of political reform, including some of the most prominent supporters of President Khatami. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

Although six competing candidates offered the electorate some political choice, the restrictive process of candidate registration excluded a number of prominent opposition leaders from the election. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

In decisions that appear to have been politically motivated, a number of prominent opposition candidates were disqualified or deregistered before the runoffs, despite having led the voting after the first round. (references)

Trade

Switzerland

The Important Role of Foreign Banks: Foreign banks play a very prominent role in the Swiss banking sector. (references)

Australia

The trade description needs to be applied to the packages in prominent and legible characters. (references)

Saudi Arabia

On rare occasions the Saudi Embassy or Consulates may grant, at their discretion, sponsorless business visas to employees of prominent American firms, but this practice is unpredictable. (references)

Women

Philippines

Most prostitutes work independently or in small brothels rather than in prominent "entertainment clubs." Penalties for the offense are light, but detained prostitutes are subjected to administrative indignities. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

Women are prominent in law, medicine, accounting, and banking, and play an active role in the rapidly growing nongovernmental sector. (references)

Haiti

However, well-educated women have occupied prominent positions in both the private and public sector in the past several years. (references)

Worker Rights

Colombia

As of March, the Government had detained eight persons in connection with the December 2000 attempt to kill public employee union president Wilson Borja, an outspoken critic of paramilitary leader Carlos Castano and prominent advocate of the Government's negotiations with the ELN. (references)

Kuwait

The workers filed a complaint with the Ministry of Social Affairs and received prominent coverage in the local press. (references)

Argentina

However, few workers in the formal sector make the minimum wage; according to a prominent labor expert, the estimated average income of a laborer is roughly $550 (550 pesos) per month. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "prominent": be prominent ♦ prominent figure ♦ prominent figures ♦ prominent landmark ♦ unicorn prominent. Additional references.

Ending with "prominent": topic-prominent.

Albanian

me rëndësi (big, vastly), i spikatur (bold, clean-cut, clear-cut, conspicuous, pointed, protruding, protrusive, salient), i mirënjohur (famous, far-famed, recognized, storied, well known), i dukshëm (apparent, appreciable, conspicuous, discernible, distinct, evidence, evident, in evidence, manifest, marked, memorable, mere, naked, notable, noticeable, observable, obvious, outward, overt, palpable, patent, perceptible, plain, pointed, rank, salient, self-explanatory, sensible, sheer, simple, speaking, substantial, telling, thorough-paced, transparent, unconcealed, unqualified, visible), i dalë (knobby, outstanding, protruding, protrusive, protuberant, salient). (various references)

Arabic 

‏محدب (arched, bent, cambered, convex, crooked, inclination, protuberant, vaulted), ‏ناتئ (beetle, bunchy, cantilever, eminent, outstanding, projecting, protruding, protrusive, protuberant, salient), ‏ناشز (discordant, dissonant, false, protruding), ‏شهير (celebrated, distinguished, famed, great, illustrious, lustrous, note, noted, public, renowned, shining), ‏بارز (beetle, conspicuous, distinct, distinguished, duel, eminent, featured, fence, great, in the first flight, lofty, memorable, monumental, noble, notable, noticeable, outstanding, pointed, profile, prognathous, projecting, protruding, protuberant, remarkable, salient, signal, striking, uncommon). (various references)

Bulgarian 

важен (consequential, dignified, fatal, grave, importable, important, magisterial, major, material, mighty, necessitous, newsy, pompous, pontifical, portentous, sage, serious, significant, solemn, sounding, staple, substantial, top-line, weighty), виден (conspicuous, distinguished, grand, high ranking, illustrious, notable, noted, outstanding, pre eminent, top drawer), откроен (sharply outlined), знаменит (celebrated, cunning, famous, glorious, gone, great, illustrious, inconceivable, lustrous, proud, reputed, rousing, terrific), бележит (distinguished, notable, noted, outstanding, pre eminent, redoubtable), изтъкнат (distinguished, eminent, high ranking, leading, notable, outstanding, ranking), изпъкнал (bossy, bulging, bunchy, convex, eminent, goggle, outstanding, projecting, projective, protruding, protrusive, protuberant, salient, swelling), издут (bagged, bladdery, bulging, convex, full, gibbous, gorged, protrusive, protuberant, swelling, tumid), издаден (bold, outstanding, pendent, prognathous, projecting, projective, protrusive, protuberant, salient, swelling, swollen). (various references)

Chinese 

突出 (give prominence to). (various references)

Czech

prominentní (big time, eminent), přední (anterior, eminent, fore, forward, front, major, obverse, premier), vynikající (accomplished, amazing, beautiful, champion, chance, delicious, egregious, eminent, excellent, exquisite, fine, magnificent, notable, outstanding, preeminent, prize, star, sterling, superlative, wonderful), vyènívající (protuberant), nápadný (conspicuous, garish, gaudy, glaring, jazzy, loud, noticeable, ostentatious, outstanding, remarkable, showy, spectacular, sporty, striking). (various references)

Danish

prominerende (protruding), prominent (protruding). (various references)

Dutch

prominent (protruding), prominens (protruding). (various references)

Farsi 

والا (Grand, Haughty, Otherwise, Sublime), برجسته (Boss, Dominant, Egregious, Eminent, Illustrious, Laureate, Masterwork, Outstanding, Palmary, Palmy, Predominant, Prime, Profile, Saleint, Swell, Tyupical). (various references)

Finnish

ulkoneva (projecting, standing out), huomattu, huomattava (considerable, conspicuous, marked, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, outstanding, perceptible, remarkable), etevä (able, distinguished, eminent, excellent, proficient). (various references)

French

proéminent (protruding). (various references)

German

Prominente (celebrity, prominent figure, socialite, vip, well-known people), prominent (prominently), markant (clear-cut, striking). (various references)

Greek 

προεξέχων (protruding, protrusive, salient), επιφανήσ (illustrious), ευδιάκριτος (discernible), διακεκριμένοσ (conspicuous, discrete, distinguished), διακεκριμένος (preeminent), διαπρεπής (preeminent). (various references)

Hebrew 

בולט (noticeable, outstanding, protruding, protrusive, salient, signal, staring). (various references)

Hungarian

kitűnő (choice, classic, conspicuous, elegant, excellent, jake, on the top line, pre-eminent, prize, smooth, straight as, to be in high feather). (various references)

Indonesian

terkemuka (notable, noted for, ranking), kebilangan, fadil (eminent), budur. (various references)

Italian

prominente (outstanding, protrusive). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

重立つ (conspicuous, important, main, principal), 重立った (conspicuous, important, main, principal), 立派 (elegant, fine, handsome, imposing, legal, legitimate, splendid), 有数 (leading), 指折り (eminent, leading), 卓立 (standing out), 主立った (conspicuous, important, main, principal). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たくりつ (standing out), おもだつ (conspicuous, important, main, principal), おもだった (conspicuous, important, main, principal), りっぱ (elegant, fine, handsome, imposing, legal, legitimate, splendid), ゆびおり (eminent, leading), ゆうすう (leading). (various references)

Korean 

저명한 (Eminent, Notable). (various references)

Manx

shassoo magh (come out, persevere, stand out), gobbagh (beaked, lipped, lipped as jug, nibbed; hawfinch, salient), ard-cheimagh. (various references)

Pig Latin

ominentpray.(various references)

Portuguese

proeminente (beetle, outstanding, paramount, salient, standout, topping), preeminente (pre-eminent), saliente (beetle, beetling, goggle, outstanding, protruding, protuberant, salient, tumid), que forma protuberância, eminente (eminent, great, high, lofty, notable, surpassing, tall). (various references)

Romanian

proeminent (beetle, clean-cut, exceptional, pre eminent, protuberant, remarkable, salient), remarcabil (considerable, conspicuous, distinguished, eminent, notable, notably, noteworthy, observable, outstanding, remarkable, remarkably, salient, uncommon, unusual), evident (apparent, apparently, broad, clear, conspicuous, evident, explicit, it must be, manifestly, marked, nakedly, obvious, obviously, palpable, patent, patently, plain, sightly, visible). (various references)

Russian 

выдающийся (brilliant, distinguished, drop-dead, egregious, eminent, foremost, high-profile, man of distinction, man of mark, man of note, notable, noted, outstanding, pre-eminencent, pre-eminent, prognathous, protruding, remarkable, salient). (various references)

Scottish

sgeigeach (having a prominent chin or a beard of strong). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prominentan, viđen (sightly, well known), upadljiv (broad, conspicuous, marked, noticeable, showy, striking, tacky), ugledan (grand, notable, respectable, respected), istaknut (featured, great, outstanding, posted, preeminent, salient, well-marked). (various references)

Spanish

prominente (protruding). (various references)

Swedish

framträdande (appearance, appearing, emergence, emersion, exposure, looms, outstanding, recital, salient, to the fore), bemärkt (noted, well known). (various references)

Turkish

seçkin (choice, distinguished, eminent, excellent, exclusive, outstanding, picked, pre-eminencent, privileged, select, selected, topflight, top-hole, top-line, well chosen), göze çarpan (arresting, bold, broad, conspicuous, crying, demonstrative, noticeable, ostensible, outstanding, remarkable, salient, sharp, signal, staring, visible), fırlak (protruding, protrusive), belli (apparent, avowed, broad, broadly, certain, clear, conspicuous, explicit, express, given, known, manifest, noticeable, palpable, particular, patent, perspicuous, precise, precisely, self evident, shadowless, specific, stated, translucent, unmistakable, upfront, waisted, well-marked), belirgin (blazing, clear, clear-cut, distinct, distinctive, evident, explicit, manifest, marked, pronounced, salient, sharp cut, thick, upfront), ünlü (celebrated, distinguished, eminent, famed, famous, glorious, great, illustrious, noted, of mark, prestigious, renowned, reputable, reputed, sonant, vowel, well known), önemli (big, big time, capital, consequential, considerable, emphatic, emphatical, eventful, fateful, grand, grave, great, gut, healthy, heavy, high, historic, historical, important, leading, major, momentous, noteworthy, of importance, of note, of weight, respectable, serious, significant, smart, solemn, star, substantial, top-line, urgent, weighty, worthy), önde gelen (arch-, capital, central, first, foremost), çıkık (dislocated, dislocation, luxation, out of joint, protuberant). (various references)

Ukrainian

відомий (big-name, certain, distinguished, famed, known, noted, notorious, reputed, well known), видатний (big time, conspicuous, egregious, eminent, extant, laureate, leading, notable, noted, only, outstanding, pre eminent, remarkable, shining, signal, stellar, transcendent, walloping), опуклий (bossed, bulging, convex, gibbous, protuberant, saddle-backed), помітний (appreciable, apprehensible, conspicuous, distinguishable, in evidence, marked, notable, noticeable, observable, perceivable, salient). (various references)

Vietnamese 

nhô lên đáng chú ý, nổi bật xuất chúng, lỗi lạc (brilliant, grand, shining), lồi lên (bullate, protuberant). (various references)

Welsh

blaenllaw (forward), blaen.gar (progressive), amlwg (apparent, clear, evident, famous, manifest, obvious, plain). (various references)

eminens, eminentem, eminentes, eminenti, eminentia, eminentiam, eminentiores, eminentiori, eminentis, prominens, prominentes, prominentia, prominentis. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "prominent": prominently. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Prominent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: preminent, premminent, proeminent, promient, Promin, prominant, promine, prominenet, prominet, prominnet, promintent, promonent, promzina, proninent. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: orpiment, pointmen.

-2 letters: intoner, mention, pimento, pointer, pontine, promine, protein, ternion, tropine.

-3 letters: impone, import, intern, intone, intron, mentor, merino, minter, mopier, norite, optime, orient, orpine, permit, pinner, pitmen, pointe, ponent, potmen, protei, pterin, remint, tenpin, tinmen, tinner, tonier, tonner, trompe, tropin.

-4 letters: enorm, inept, inert, inner, inter, intro, irone, merit, metro, miner, minor.

+2 letters: aminopterin, omnipresent, predominant, premonition, premunition, prenominate, prominently.

+3 letters: aminopterins, enantiomorph, impregnation, imprisonment, intercompany, premonitions, premunitions, prenominated, prenominates, unimportance.

+4 letters: apportionment, enantiomorphs, impersonating, impersonation, impregnations, imprisonments, noncompetitor, nonparametric, predominantly, predominating, predomination, premoistening, prenominating, prenomination, preordainment, reappointment, unimportances.

+5 letters: apportionments, compartmenting, contemporizing, enantiomorphic, impersonations, intercomparing, noncompetitors, predominations, prenominations, preordainments, pretermination, pronunciamento, reappointments, reimplantation.