Salient and Workaday

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Salient adjective - Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention.

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Workaday is an antonym for salient.

Nearby Word: salience

Workaday adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.

Usage example: just a workaday guy living a workaday life

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Salient is an antonym for workaday.

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Workaday and Salient. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/salient/workaday

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