MOMENTOUS Synonyms

• marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws

• at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction

• characterized by careful evaluation and judgment

• being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency

• of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism

• urgently needed; absolutely necessary

• forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis

• belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past

• important in history

• of great significance or value

• important in effect or meaning

• of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis

• having authority or ascendancy or influence

• having or suggesting a consciousness of high position

• being of crucial importance

• important in effect or meaning

• too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation

• of considerable importance, size, or worth

• rich in significance or implication

• urgently needed; absolutely necessary

• performing an essential function in the living body

• full of spirit; full of life

• manifesting or characteristic of life

• having relatively great weight; heavy

• powerfully persuasive

• of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

• weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry

• excessively fat