Important and Slight

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Important

Important adjective - Having great meaning or lasting effect.
Usage example: the discovery of penicillin was a very important event in the history of medicine
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Slight is an antonym for important in small topic.
Nearby Words: importance, importantly, importation

Slight

Slight adjective - Lacking importance.
Usage example: a slight comedy that did nothing to further her career
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Important is an antonym for slight in topics: small, insignificant, noticeable, thin.
Nearby Words: slightly, slighted, slighting, slightingly
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  • Psychotic Smirk Of course, he smiles all the time, so his smirks are definitely important when they show up, usually complimented by a slight opening of his eyes, another important visual cue.
    Source: Psychotic Smirk
  • He always had a slight complex about this, although his other relatives always stressed that he was doing important work.
    Source: M.D. Envy
  • Video Game / Dungeon Crawl The randomly generated artifacts are a slight aversion of this, since they have real-looking names, but are not guaranteed to be important, or even worth having at all.
    Source: Video Game / Dungeon Crawl
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