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Salient

Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.

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Conspicuous 84% connected

Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Conspicuous 84% connected

Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Inclined 84% connected

of Incline

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Inclined 84% connected

of Incline

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Projection 76% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Derivationally related 4

Salience 74% connected

The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Salience 74% connected

The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Saliency 74% connected

Quality of being salient; hence, vigor.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Saliency 74% connected

Quality of being salient; hence, vigor.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 4

Outstanding 92% connected

That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as, outstanding obligations.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Prominent 92% connected

Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Spectacular 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a shows; of the nature of a show.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Striking 92% connected

of Strike

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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