Importance and Lead

Importance

Importance noun - The quality or state of being important.

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Lead and importance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead a noun "Importance".

Lead noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.

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Importance and lead are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Importance" instead a noun "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

good	good importance	good lead
high	high importance	high lead
particular	particular importance	particular lead
true	true importance	true lead
Other adjectives: obvious, actual, real, great, enormous, huge, little, main, supposed, new, former, secondary, significant.

Another common tactic is for an adaptation or historical piece to focus on a white male who played a minor roll in the original story, then overblow his importance so that he's the lead.

Source: White Male Lead
Lead the Target: The importance of which was also referenced in Futurama, along with Artificial Stupidity.

Source: Video Game / Space Invaders
Can lead to It Seemed Trivial, when someone who knows something is Locked Out of the Loop and doesn't know the importance of his knowledge.

Source: Locked Out of the Loop

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