salient
B2CEFR level
58/100Rarity: uncommon
FormalRegister
General adjective
Most noticeable or important; standing out prominently.
The table summarises the salient features of each competing theory.
Medicine adjective
Most noticeable or important; standing out from surrounding detail.
Lead your handover with the salient point so nothing critical gets buried.
Business adjective
Most noticeable or prominent in a customer's mind.
The campaign made safety the salient attribute buyers associated with the marque.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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