important : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: important	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for important
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
important adj of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" Synonym(s): important, of import Antonym(s): unimportant important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant" Synonym(s): significant, important Antonym(s): insignificant, unimportant of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women" Synonym(s): crucial, important Antonym(s): noncrucial having authority or ascendancy or influence; "an important official"; "the captain's authoritative manner" Synonym(s): authoritative, important having or suggesting a consciousness of high position; "recited the decree with an important air"; "took long important strides in the direction of his office"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Important \Impor"tant\, a. [F. important. See {Import}, v. t.] 1. Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious. [Obs.] Thou hast strength as much As serves to execute a mind very important. --Chapman. 2. Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant; weighty. Things small as nothing . . . He makes important. --Shak. 3. Bearing on; forcible; driving. [Obs.] He fiercely at him flew, And with important* outrage him assailed. --Spenser. 4. Importunate; pressing; urgent. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: Weighty; momentous; significant; essential; necessary; considerable; influential; serious.