prominence

/pɹˈɑmənəns/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
2. relative importance
3. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
   “the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge”

Synonyms for prominence

• bulge
• bump
• hump
• swelling
• gibbosity
• gibbousness
• jut
• protuberance
• protrusion
• extrusion
• excrescence

Antonyms of prominence

• obscurity

Words that rhyme with prominence

• dominance
• predominance