Noun: significance sig'ni-fu-kun(t)s
- The quality of being significant
"do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"
- A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
"the significance of his remark became clear only later";
- import, implication
- The message that is intended, expressed or signified
"the significance of a red traffic light";
- meaning, signification, import
Derived forms: significances
See also: important, insignificant, significant, unimportant
Type of: content, importance, importancy [archaic], meaning, message, subject matter, substance
Antonym: insignificance
Encyclopedia: Significance