Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention:
— A new theory is the most prominent feature of the book.

synoniemen: outstanding, salient, spectacular, striking.

Roget 206: high, elevated, eminent, exalted, lofty, tall; gigantic etc. (big) 192; Patagonian; towering, beetling, soaring, hanging (gardens); elevated etc. 307; upper; highest etc. (topmost) 210; high reaching, insessorial^†, perching.    upland, moorland; hilly, knobby [U.S.]; mountainous, alpine, subalpine, heaven kissing; cloudtopt^†, cloudcapt^†, cloudtouching^†; aerial.    overhanging etc. v.; incumbent, overlying, superincumbent^†, supernatant, superimposed; prominent etc. v. 250.    tall as a maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple, lanky etc. (thin) 203.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 250: convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting etc. v.; 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 [U.S.], hubbly [U.S.], knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform^†, subclavate^†, torose^†, ventricose^†, verrucose^†.    salient, in relief, raised, repousse; bloated &c., (expanded) 194.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 525: manifest, apparent; salient, striking, demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced.    flagrant; notorious etc. (public) 531; arrant; stark staring; unshaded, glaring.    defined, definite.    distinct, conspicuous etc. (visible) 446; obvious, evident, unmistakable, indubitable, not to be mistaken, palpable, self-evident, autoptical^†; intelligible etc. 518.    plain, clear, clear as day, clear as daylight, clear as noonday; plain as a pike staff, plain as the sun at noon-day, plain as the nose on one's face, plain as the way to parish church.    explicit, overt, patent, express; ostensible; open, open as day; naked, bare, literal, downright, undisguised, exoteric.    unreserved, frank, plain-spoken etc. (artless) 703; candid (veracious) 543; barefaced.    manifested etc. v.; disclosed etc. 529; capable of being shown, producible; inconcealable^†, unconcealable; no secret.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 642: important; of importance etc. n.; momentous, material; to the point; not to be overlooked, not to be despised, not to be sneezed at; egregious; weighty etc. (influential) 175; of note etc. (repute) 873; notable, prominent, salient, signal; memorable, remarkable; unforgettable; worthy of remark, worthy of notice; never to be forgotten; stirring, eventful.    grave, serious, earnest, noble, grand, solemn, impressive, commanding, imposing.    urgent, pressing, critical, instant.    paramount, essential, vital, all-absorbing, radical, cardinal, chief, main, prime, primary, principal, leading, capital, foremost, overruling; of vital importance &c.. in the front rank, first-rate; superior etc. 33; considerable etc. (great) 31; marked etc. v.; rare etc. 137.    significant, telling, trenchant, emphatic, pregnant; tanti [Lat.].    ... meer laten zien

Roget 873: distinguished, distingue [Fr.], noted; of note etc. n.; honored etc. v.; popular; fashionable etc. 852.    in good odor in; favor, in high favor; reputable, respectable, creditable.    remarkable etc. (important) 642; notable, notorious; celebrated, renowned, ion every one's mouth, talked of; famous, famed; far-famed; conspicuous, to the front; foremost; in the front rank, in the ascendant.    imperishable, deathless, immortal, never fading, aere perennius [Lat.]; time honored.    illustrious, glorious, splendid, brilliant, radiant; bright etc. 420; full-blown; honorific.    eminent, prominent; high etc. 206; in the zenith; at the head of, at the top of the tree; peerless, of the first water.   ; superior etc. 33; supereminent, preeminent.    great, dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly, grand, stately, august, princely.    imposing, solemn, transcendent, majestic, sacred, sublime, heaven-born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.]; sacrosanct.    ... meer laten zien

Conspicuous in position or importance:
— A prominent citizen.

synoniemen: big, large.