Meaning & Definition of Prominence in English
English⟶
Prominence
/prɑmənəns/
noun
1. The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
synonym:
- prominence
2. Relative importance
synonym:
- prominence
3. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- "The gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"
- "The hump of a camel"
- "He stood on the rocky prominence"
- "The occipital protuberance was well developed"
- "The bony excrescence between its horns"
synonym:
- bulge,
- bump,
- hump,
- swelling,
- gibbosity,
- gibbousness,
- jut,
- prominence,
- protuberance,
- protrusion,
- extrusion,
- excrescence