SIGNIFICANCE

n. 1 meaning, sense, signification, denotation, message, idea, point, import, purport, implication, portent, content, pith, essence; gist, drift, vein, impression, connotation The significance of words like God and love is different for almost everyone who uses them 2 importance, weight, weightiness, consequence, moment, relevance, value The significance of the agreement lay not in its wording but in the fact that it was drawn up at all