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momentous

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Adjective
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mo=men=tous
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1 in 1 verses (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

momentousa. [Cf. L. momentosus rapid, momentary.].
     Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a momentous decision; momentous affairs.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

momentous, adj. having great importance.

Derivative
momentously adv. momentousness n.

THESAURUS

momentous

absolute, ascendant, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, big, big-league, big-name, big-time, bigwig, bigwigged, bustling, charged, charismatic, charming, clothed with authority, commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, controlling, critical, crucial, decisive, dominant, double-barreled, duly constituted, earthshaking, effective, effectual, efficacious, eminent, empowered, enchanting, epochal, estimable, eventful, ex officio, fraught, full of incident, governing, grand, grave, great, heavyweight, hegemonic, hegemonistic, high-powered, imperative, important, influential, laden, leading, magnetic, major, material, meaningful, mighty, monocratic, name, of concern, official, personable, persuasive, phenomenal, pivotal, portentous, potent, powerful, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, puissant, ranking, reputable, ruling, self-important, senior, serious, significant, stirring, strong, suasive, substantial, superior, supreme, telling, totalitarian, vital, weighty, winning, world-shaking

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momentous

Importance

N importance, consequence, moment, prominence, consideration, mark, materialness, import, significance, concern, emphasis, interest, greatness, superiority, notability, weight, value, usefulness, gravity, seriousness, solemnity, no joke, no laughing matter, pressure, urgency, stress, matter of life and death, memorabilia, notabilia, great doings, red-letter day, great thing, great point, main chance, the be all and the end all, cardinal point, substance, gist, sum and substance, gravamen, head and front, important part, principal part, prominent part, essential part, half the battle, sine qua non, breath of one's nostrils, cream, salt, core, kernel, heart, nucleus, keynote, keystone, corner stone, trump card, salient points, top sawyer, first fiddle, prima donna, chief, triton among the minnows, 'it', important, of importance, momentous, material, to the point, not to be overlooked, not to be despised, not to be sneezed at, egregious, weighty, of note, notable, prominent, salient, signal, memorable, remarkable, unforgettable, worthy of remark, worthy of notice, never to be forgotten, stirring, eventful, grave, serious, earnest, noble, grand, solemn, impressive, commanding, imposing, urgent, pressing, critical, instant, paramount, essential, vital, all-absorbing, radical, cardinal, chief, main, prime, primary, principal, leading, capital, foremost, overruling, of vital importance in the front rank, first-rate, superior, considerable, marked, rare, significant, telling, trenchant, emphatic, pregnant, tanti, materially, in the main, above all, kat' exochin, par excellence, to crown all, to beat all, expende Hannibalem!.

Eventuality

N eventuality, event, occurrence, incident, affair, matter, thing, episode, happening, proceeding, contingency, juncture, experience, fact, matter of fact, naked fact, bare facts, just the facts, phenomenon, advent, business, concern, transaction, dealing, proceeding, circumstance, particular, casualty, accident, adventure, passage, crisis, pass, emergency, contingency, consequence, opportunity (occasion), the world, life, things, doings, affairs in general, things in general, affairs in general, the times, state of affairs, order of the day, course of things, tide of things, stream of things, current of things, run of things, march of things, course of events, ups and downs of life, vicissitudes of life, chapter of accidents, situation, happening, going on, doing, current, in the wind, in the air, afloat, on foot, afoot, on the tapis, at issue, in question, incidental, eventful, stirring, bustling, full of incident, memorable, momentous, signal, eventually, in the event of, in case, just in case, in the course of things, as things, times go, as the world goes, wags, as the tree falls, cat jumps, as it may turn out, happen, that's the way the ball bounces, that's the way the cookie crumbles, you never know what may turn up, you never know what the future will bring, the plot thickens, breasts the blows of circumstance, so runs round of life from hour to hour, sprinkled along the waste of years.


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