significance

Noun
1. the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"
(antonym) insignificance
(hypernym) importance
(hyponym) historicalness
(attribute) significant, important
2. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"
(synonym) import, implication
(hypernym) meaning, substance
3. the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambigtuous"
(synonym) meaning, signification, import
(hypernym) message, content, subject matter, substance
(hyponym) lexical meaning
(derivation) signify