prominent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.

   The bird was perching on the prominent ledge at the top of the rocks

2. 2
   adj

   Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.

   Place the slogan in a more prominent position.

3. 3
   adj

   Eminent; distinguished above others.

   prominent members of the press

4. 4
   noun

   In Nazi concentration camps, an inmate entrusted with minor supervisory duties and rewarded with perquisites.

   […] dynamics that replaced the erstwhile condemnation of all or most of the prominents in the camps by a more nuanced understanding.

5. 5
   adj

   conspicuous in position or importance

6. 6
   adj

   having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

7. 7
   noun

   Any of various moths having a conspicuous projection on the inner margin of the wings.

Etymology

From obsolete French prominent (compare proéminent), from Latin prōminēns, present active participle of prōmineō (“jut out, to project”), from prō (“before, forward”) + mineō (in compounds, “jut, project”).