• IPA: /sɪɡˈnɪ.fɪ.kənt/

• (America, also) IPA: /sɪɡˈnɪ.fɪ.ɡənt/

significant

1. Signifying something; carrying meaning.

   a significant word or sound; a significant look

   • It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant, but not efficient.

   • Percy Fitzgerald, The Supercargo's Story

     As evening came on, it grew prematurely dark and cloudy; while the waves acquired that dull indigo tint so significant of ugly weather.

2. Having a covert or hidden meaning.
3. Having a noticeable or major effect; notable.

   That was a significant step in the right direction.

   The First World War was a significant event.

4. Reasonably large in number or amount.
5. (statistics) Having a low probability of occurring by chance (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related).

• important

• insignificant
• ignorable
• negligible
• slight

• significance
• significand
• significant other
• signify

• Italian: significativo, eloquente
• Spanish: significativo

• French: significatif
• German: signifikant, bedeutend
• Italian: significativo, epocale, rimarchevole
• Portuguese: significativo
• Russian: значи́тельный
• Spanish: importante, significativo

• French: significatif
• Spanish: significativo

significant (plural significants)

1. That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
   • 1591, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene iv]:

     In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts.