Synonyms of the word salient


SALIENTCONSPICUOUS - INCLINED - OUTSTANDING - PROJECTION - PROMINENT - SPECTACULAR - STRIKING

salient

  • adj. Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.
  • adj. Prominent; conspicuous.
  • adj. (heraldry, usually of a quadruped) Depicted in a leaping posture.
  • adj. (often military) Projecting outwards, pointing outwards.
  • adj. (obsolete) Moving by leaps or springs; jumping.
  • adj. (obsolete) Shooting or springing out; projecting.
  • n. (military) an outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense.

conspicuous

  • adj. Obvious or easy to notice.
  • adj. Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.

inclined

  • adj. At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped.
  • adj. Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of incline.

outstanding

  • v. present participle of outstand.
  • adj. prominent or noticeable; standing out from others.
  • adj. exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority.
  • adj. projecting outwards.
  • adj. unresolved; not settled or finished.
  • adj. owed as a debt.

projection

  • n. Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
  • n. The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
  • n. The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide…
  • n. A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation.
  • n. (psychology) A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself.
  • n. (photography) The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
  • n. (cartography) Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth…
  • n. (geometry) An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.
  • n. (linear algebra) An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a subspace.
  • n. (mathematics) A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object.
  • n. (category theory) A morphism from a categorical product to one of its (two) components.

prominent

  • adj. Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.
  • adj. Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.
  • adj. Eminent; distinguished above others.

spectacular

  • adj. Amazing or worthy of special notice.
  • adj. (dated) Related to, or having the character of, a spectacle or entertainment.
  • adj. Relating to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes.
  • n. A spectacular display.

striking

  • adj. Making a strong impression.
  • v. present participle of strike.
  • n. The act by which something strikes or is struck.

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