prominent

/ˈprä-mə-nənt/

Middle English promynent, borrowed from Latin prōminent-, prōminens "projecting, standing out," from present participle of prōminēre "to project beyond a surface, stick out, stick up," from prō- + -minēre, taken to mean "stand out, rise above" (unattested without a prefix)

adjective

  1. standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant

  2. readily noticeable : conspicuous

  3. widely and popularly known : leading

noticeable remarkable prominent outstanding conspicuous salient striking mean attracting notice or attention. noticeable applies to something unlikely to escape observation. remarkable applies to something so extraordinary or exceptional as to invite comment.

noun

  1. a moth (Heterocampa guttivitta) whose larva is a defoliator of hardwood trees in the eastern and midwestern U.S.