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all-important

all-im·por·tant
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [awl im-pawr-tnt]
    • /ɔl ɪmˈpɔr tnt/
    • /ɔːl ɪmˈpɔːtnt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [awl im-pawr-tnt]
    • /ɔl ɪmˈpɔr tnt/

Definitions of all-important word

  • adjective all-important crucial; vital 3
  • adjective all-important highly important; necessary; essential 3
  • adjective all-important extremely or vitally important; essential. 1
  • adjective all-important Very important; vital or crucial. 0
See all 4 definitions of all-important

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Origin of all-important

First appearance:

before 1830
One of the 36% newest English words
First recorded in 1830-40

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Parts of speech for All-important

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of All-important

all-important popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for all-important

adj all-important

  • dire — causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
  • integral — of, relating to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.
  • crucial — If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important.
  • precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
  • strategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
All 58 Synonyms of all-important

Antonyms for all-important

adj all-important

  • trivial — of very little importance or value; insignificant: Don't bother me with trivial matters.
  • unimportant — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
  • unnecessary — not necessary or essential; needless; unessential.
  • inessential — not essential; not necessary; nonessential.
  • minor — lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share.
All 22 Antonyms of all-important

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