prominence meaning and definition

PROMINENCE noun

Definition of prominence (noun)

1. the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
   • antonym: obscurity
2. relative importance
3. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
   • "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
   • synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, protrusion, protuberance, swelling