nonsignificant C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˌnɑnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/ UK /ˌnɒnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj not significant, especially statistically The difference between the groups was nonsignificant. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · not significant, especially... insignificantnegligibleunimportanttrivialimmaterialinconsequential ↔ Opposites significantmeaningfulimportant Word family Related forms significantsignificancesignify Etymology AI details From non- ('not') + significant, from Latin significans, present participle of significare ('to signify'), from signum ('sign') + facere ('to make'). non Latin significare Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # nonsignificant **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌnɑnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌnɒnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/ ## Meanings 1. not significant, especially statistically ## Examples - The difference between the groups was nonsignificant. ## Synonyms - insignificant - negligible - unimportant - trivial - immaterial - inconsequential ## Antonyms - significant - meaningful - important ## Related Forms - significant - significance - signify ## Roots and Affixes - Root: non - Root: significare ## Etymology From non- ('not') + significant, from Latin significans, present participle of significare ('to signify'), from signum ('sign') + facere ('to make'). ## AI Etymology Nonsignificant is from non- ('not') + significant, from Latin significans, present participle of significare ('to signify'), from signum ('sign') + facere ('to make'). Important recorded forms include non (Latin) and significare (Latin). Morphologically, the non- element marks negation or exclusion while the base supplies the domain being denied. The modern sense is largely compositional: the word names the absence, exclusion, or opposite of the base idea. In current use it covers not significant, especially statistically. The wider family includes related words such as significant, significance, and signify. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown