salient

  • (s) having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
    • an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom
    • a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book
    • salient traits
    • a spectacular rise in prices
    • a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center
    • a striking resemblance between parent and child
    prominent, outstanding, striking, spectacular,
  • (a) (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees
  • (s) represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)

Nouns

  • (n) (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy

Synonyms

prominent outstanding striking spectacular

Antonyms

reentrant re-entrant

Words of close approximity

salient angle Salientia salientian