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alient, saalient, saleint, salieent, saliemt, salien, saliennt, salientt, saliient, sallient, ssalient, zalient
Salient — synonyms, salient antonyms, definition
1. salient (a)
27 synonyms
bowed clear conspicuous critical curious discernible distinct effective emphatic famous hilly impressive manifest marked notable noticeable obvious perceptible prominent pronounced • • •
2. salient (Adjective)
2 synonyms
outstanding spectacular
1 antonym
re-entrant
3 definitions
salient (Adjective) — Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention.
ex. "salient traits"
salient (Adjective) — (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees.
salient (Adjective) — (heraldry) represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward).
3. salient (Noun)
1 definition
salient (Noun) — (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy.
1 type of
projection
1 part of
line of battle