salient
salient is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as intransitive verb, adjective, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
- intransitive verb. Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
- intransitive verb. Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.
- intransitive verb. Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion.
- intransitive verb. Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient.
- adjective. A salient angle or part; a projection.
- noun. (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
- adjective. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
"an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"
"a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"
- adjective. represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)
- adjective. (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees
Synonyms
outstanding, prominent, spectacular, striking
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in salient:
eastlin, elastin, entails, nailset, saltine, slainte, staniel, tenails
Common word forms
salients, saliently, salientness
Words from these letters
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