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prominence

/ˈpɹɑ.mɪ.nəns/noun3 syllables

Prominence means: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings.

Synonyms for prominence11

noun, as in something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence

Opposites of prominence

obscurity

What does prominence mean?3

noun

1

something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings“the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge”

2

the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent

3

relative importance or fame

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with prominence?1

three syllables

dominance
Show 40 near rhymes
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Prominence in a sentence

  • With the appearance of a promising new writer, the aging novelist fell from prominence.unknown
  • His chin had the prominence and squareness which mark the man of determination.Hybrid
  • The Kabyle dialect's prominence in Algeria has paved the way for the development of a standardized Berber language.Amastan

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Forms of prominence

as a noun

plural
prominences