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Another word for prominent

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prominent

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Physically prominent
protuberant, extended, jutting, beetling, conspicuous, protruding, projecting, noticeable, rugged, rough, hummocky, obtrusive, extrusive, shooting out, salient, hilly, raised, embossed, relieved, bossy, convex, rounded.
Antonyms hollow*, depressed, sunken.
Socially prominent
notable, pre-eminent, leading; see famous.
Conspicuous
conspicuous, outstanding, striking, noticeable; see conspicuous 1, noticeable, obvious 1. See syn. study at noticeable.

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Another word for prominent

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Readily attracting notice:
arresting, bold, conspicuous, eye-catching, marked, noticeable, observable, outstanding, pointed, pronounced, remarkable, salient, signal, striking. Idiom: sticking out like a sore thumb. See see
Widely known and esteemed:
celebrated, distinguished, eminent, famed, famous, great, illustrious, notable, noted, preeminent, prestigious, redoubtable, renowned. See knowledge, respect

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His ancestor, Richard Seymour, a Protestant Episcopal ` clergyman, was an early settler at Hartford, Connecticut, and his father, Henry Seymour, who removed from Connecticut to New York, was prominent in the Democratic party in the state, being a member of the "Albany Regency" and serving as state senator in1816-1819and in 1822, and as canal commissioner in 1819-1831.
He named two or three prominent lawyers Dean knew.
Among other prominent buildings are the court house, the post office and the city hall.
Unknown to the police and the public, her prominent father was molesting her while her mother looked away.
They are composed of only from ' six to nine segments, which are beset with prominent spines, some of the latter appearing to be organs of special sense.

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