Prominent

Adjective

 * 1) Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.
 * 2) Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.
 * 3) Eminent; distinguished above others.

Related terms

 * prominence

Thesaurus
Olympian, absolute, acclaimed, aerial, airy, altitudinous, apparent, arrant, arresting, ascendant, ascending, aspiring, august, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, blatant, bold, bulging, celebrated, chief, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear-cut, clothed with authority, colossal, commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, conspicuous, controlling, creditable, crystal-clear, defined, definite, discernible, distinct, distinguishable, distinguished, dominant, dominating, duly constituted, egregious, elevated, eminent, emissile, empowered, esteemed, estimable, ethereal, evident, ex officio, exalted, exceptional, excrescent, excrescential, extraordinary, extruding, eye-catching, famed, famous, first, flagrant, foremost, glaring, glorious, godlike, governing, great, hanging out, haughty, hegemonic, hegemonistic, heroic, high, high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up, honorable, honored, identifiable, illustrious, imperative, important, in focus, in relief, in the foreground, in the limelight, influential, jutting, lauded, leading, lofty, magnanimous, magnificent, main, majestic, marked, memorable, mighty, momentous, monocratic, monumental, mounting, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, noticeable, notorious, obtrusive, obvious, of mark, official, ostensible, outstanding, outtopping, overlooking, overtopping, patent, plain, popular, potent, powerful, preeminent, prestigious, principal, prognathous, projecting, pronounced, protrudent, protruding, protrusile, protrusive, protuberant, protuberating, puissant, raised, ranking, rare, recognizable, remarkable, rememberable, renowned, reputable, respected, ruling, salient, senior, signal, significant, soaring, special, spiring, staring, stark-staring, steep, sticking out, striking, sublime, substantial, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, supreme, telling, to the front, topless, toplofty, topping, totalitarian, towering, towery, unforgettable, unmistakable, uplifted, upreared, weighty, well-defined, well-known, well-marked, well-pronounced, well-resolved, well-thought-of

Etymology
From prominens:, present active participle of promineo: < pro: + mineō (in compounds, "jut, project").

Translations

 * Czech: vyčnívající
 * Finnish:, esiin työntyvä
 * Galician:
 * Greek: προεξέχων


 * Korean: 돌출된
 * Portuguese: proeminente
 * Russian:


 * Czech: prominentní, ,
 * Finnish:, huomiota herättävä
 * Greek: περίοπτος, εμφανής


 * Korean: 두드러진
 * Russian: хорошо заметный


 * Arabic:
 * Chinese: 杰出的 (jiéchū de)
 * Czech: prominentní
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: εξέχων, διαπρεπής


 * Hungarian: jól ismert
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 著名な (ちょめいな, chomeina)
 * Korean: 저명한
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: выдающийся
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: framstående

Adjective

 * 1) prominent

Noun

 * 1) Eminent person; distinguished above others; VIP

Derived terms

 * prominencki
 * prominentny