Word Meanings - MOMENTOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a momentous decision; momentous affairs. -- Mo*men"tous*ly, adv. -- Mo*men"tous*ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MOMENTOUS)

• Critical
• Nice
• delicate
• exact
• fastidious
• discriminating
• censorious
• accurate
• dubious
• precarious
• ticklish
• crucial
• important
• momentous
• hazardous
• Grave
• Sad
• serious
• weighty
• pressing
• sedate
• demure
• thoughtful
• sober
• sombre
• solemn
• aggravated
• heavy
• cogent
• Important
• Significant
• expressive
• relevant
• main
• leading
• considerable
• great
• dignified
• influential
• material
• grave
• essential
• Expressive
• suggestive
• indicative
• forcible
• symbolical
• telling
• speaking
• Urgent
• Pressing
• imperative
• immediate
• importunate
• strenuous
• indeferrible

Related words: (words related to MOMENTOUS)

• SERIOUS
  1. Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile. He is always serious, yet there is about his manner a graceful ease. Macaulay. 2. Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting
• DEMURE
  good manners); de of + murs, mours, meurs, mors, F. m, fr. L. mores manners, morals ; or more prob. fr. OF. meür, F. mûr mature, ripe in a phrase preceded by de, as de 1. Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest
• GRAVES
  The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.
• ACCURATENESS
  The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
• GRAVEDIGGER
  See T (more info) 1. A digger of graves.
• SOLEMNIZATION
  The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.
• DUBIOUSNESS
  State of being dubious.
• LEADING EDGE
  same as Advancing edge, above.
• SOLEMNIZE
  1. To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms. Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another. Hooker. 2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate. Their choice nobility and flowers
• EXACTOR
  One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.
• AGGRAVATING
  1. Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances. 2. Exasperating; provoking; irritating. A thing at once ridiculous and aggravating. J. Ingelow.
• SEDATE
  Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper. Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.
• EXACTING
  Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
• SOLEMN
  Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form. Burrill. Jarman. Greenleaf. Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant, 2. Syn. -- Grave; formal; ritual; ceremonial; sober; serious;
• GREAT-HEARTED
  1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
• GREAT-GRANDFATHER
  The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• TELLER
  1. One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer. 2. One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king. Cowell. 3. An officer
• CRITICALLY
  1. In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly. Critically to discern good writers from bad. Dryden. 2. At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation. place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification
• GRAVEL
  A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom. Gravel powder, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder. (more info) strand; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor.
• EXACTLY
  In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.
• HYPERCRITICALLY
  In a hypercritical manner.
• PATELLULA
  A cuplike sucker on the feet of certain insects.
• INGREAT
  To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. Fotherby.
• INEXACTLY
  In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.
• POT LEAD
  Graphite, or black lead, often used on the bottoms of racing vessels to diminish friction.
• SCUTELLUM
  A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens. The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the
• INEXACT
  Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.
• HOTPRESSED
  Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t.
• COUNTERPLEAD
  To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.