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salient

Letters that make salient

s, a, e, l, n, t, i are letters that make 'salient'

Words within salient

lien, IE, lie, NT, SA, Ali, Lie, en, alien, li, ie, AL, Al, Li are words within 'salient'

Anagrams of salient

elastin, saltine, entails, nailset, slainte, tenails are anagrams of 'salient'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of salient

salients is a word created by adding a letter to 'salient'

salient is a 7 letter word starting with s
salient is a 7 letter word ending with t

3 possible definitions for 'salient'

Salient as "(of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees"

Under this definition, salient is an adjective and has the following properties:

Antonyms

re-entrant, reentrant have the opposite meaning of 'salient'

Salient as "(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy"

Under this definition, salient is a noun and has the following properties:

salient as a type

'salient' can be a type of projection.

salient as a part

'salient' can be a part of line of battle.

salient as a category

'salient' can be a category of armed services, military machine, war machine, armed forces, military.

Salient as "having a quality that thrusts itself into attention"

Under this definition, salient is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

outstanding, prominent, spectacular, striking have the same meaning as 'salient'

Derivatives of salient

spectacle, salience, saliency, strikingness are derivatives of 'salient'.

Similar to salient

conspicuous is similar to salient.

Example of salient used within this context

"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", "salient traits", "a spectacular rise in prices", "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center", "a striking resemblance between parent and child"