JJIMP Adjectives of importance
Definition
Adjectives expressing importance or significance.
Detection Rules
xiao_2009
usas
cql[lemma={words} & pos="JJ|JJR|JJS"]
Word list (130 items)
accentuated
acute
acuter
acutest
all-important
all-star
bare-faced
black-tie
blatant
bread-and-butter
cardinal
celebrated
central
climactic
conspicuous
core
crucial
decisive
devalued
discernable
discernible
distinctive
earth-shattering
elevated
emergency
emphasised
evident
expendable
eye-catching
eye-grabbing
eyecatching
faint
fateful
focal
foremost
fundamental
geared
glaring
ground-breaking
groundbreaking
high-profile
high-ranking
iconic
immaterial
imperative
important
incidental
inconsequential
indispensable
indistinct
insidious
insignificant
instrumental
integral
irrespective
key
keynote
low-key
low-profile
lower-profile
main
major
manifest
marginal
marked
meaningful
meaningless
mentionless
mere
minor
momentous
monumental
newsworthy
non-essential
non-mattering
non-negligible
non-obvious
notable
noted
noteworthy
obvious
outweighed
outweighing
overrated
overriding
palpable
paramount
patent
peripheral
petty
piercing
pivotal
premier
pressing
prevailing
primary
prime
principal
prominent
pronounced
rhetorical
salient
secondary
semi-central
seminal
serious
signal
significant
small-time
staple
star
starring
striking
subsidiary
substantive
subtle
tangible
trivial
underlooked
underpinning
unheard
unimportant
unmissable
upgraded
urgent
valued
vital
vociferous
weightier
weighty
Normalization
Per words
Sources
- xiao_2009 — Xiao, Richard (2009) : Multidimensional analysis and the study of world Englishes
- usas — Rayson, Paul; Archer, Dawn; Piao, Scott; McEnery, Tony (2004) : The UCREL Semantic Analysis System