paramount
adjectiveMore important than anything else in a particular situation.
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Clear all filtersperceptive
adjectiveQuick to recognize and understand important details or meanings.
Quick to understand
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pivotal
adjectiveCrucially important to the development or outcome of something.
Crucially important
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pompous
adjectiveExaggeratedly self-important or ceremonious.
Inflated self-importance
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pontifical
adjectivePompous and dogmatic in expressing an opinion.
predominant
adjectiveMost common, influential, or important in a particular setting.
Most influential
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pretension
nounAn attempt or claim to seem more important, skilled, or impressive than warranted.
Unwarranted display of importance
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pretentious
adjectiveTrying to appear more important, cultured, or impressive than justified.
prominent
adjectiveEasily noticed, important, or well known in a particular setting.
Important or well known
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