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Another word for salient

salient Synonyms

salient

modif.

Prominent
remarkable, notable, striking; see conspicuous 1, famous.
Projecting
jutting, swelling, bowed; see hilly, prominent 1.

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Another word for salient

adjective

Readily attracting notice:

arresting, bold, conspicuous, eye-catching, marked, noticeable, observable, outstanding, pointed, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, signal, striking. Idiom: sticking out like a sore thumb. See see

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Only salient points can be indicated.
It may be well to point out here the salient features in Bonaparte's conduct towards the states of northern Italy.
The salient event of Bela's reign was the terrible Tatar invasion which reduced three-quarters of Hungary to ashes.
Einstein's work is so important and has proved fertile in so many various branches of physics that it is not possible to do more than enumerate a few of the most salient papers.
It will more surely suit my son" - show that his mind seized the salient facts of the situation; but his instincts struggled against them.

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