noun
- The quality or state of being important: concern, concernment, consequence, import, importance, moment, significance, weight, weightiness. See important/unimportant.
- That which is signified by a word or expression: acceptation, connotation, denotation, import, intent, meaning, message, purport, sense, significance, signification, value. See meaning.
- The gist of a specific action or situation: idea, import, meaning, point, purport, significance. See meaning.
