| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | age-making | shaping an era |
| 2. | all-important | critically important |
| 3. | awesome | extremely impressive or important |
| 4. | big | important or serious |
| 5. | cardinal | of basic importance |
| 6. | central | main and important |
| 7. | charged | full of strong significance |
| 8. | chief | most important |
| 9. | climactic | forming an important climax |
| 10. | consequential | having important results or effects |
| 11. | critical | extremely important or decisive |
| 12. | crucial | decisive or extremely important |
| 13. | decisive | settling an issue conclusively |
| 14. | deeply significant | important in a profound way |
| 15. | defining | shaping essential character or outcome |
| 16. | destiny-shaping | affecting future fate |
| 17. | determinative | deciding the outcome |
| 18. | dominant | most important or influential |
| 19. | earthshaking | extremely important or shocking |
| 20. | enormous | extremely great or important |
| 21. | epochal | highly significant in history |
| 22. | essential | absolutely necessary or important |
| 23. | exceptional | unusually good or important |
| 24. | extraordinary | very unusual and important |
| 25. | far-reaching | having wide and significant effects |
| 26. | fate-laden | full of serious consequences |
| 27. | fateful | having serious future consequences |
| 28. | first-order | of primary importance |
| 29. | foremost | most important or prominent |
| 30. | game-changing | causing a major shift |
| 31. | grand | impressive and important |
| 32. | grave | serious and important |
| 33. | great | important or notable |
| 34. | heavy | serious or important |
| 35. | high-stakes | involving serious consequences |
| 36. | highly significant | very important |
| 37. | historic | important in history |
| 38. | history-making | important enough for history |
| 39. | huge | very important or significant |
| 40. | immense | extremely great or important |
| 41. | impactful | having a strong effect |
| 42. | important | having great significance or value |
| 43. | imposing | impressive in size or importance |
| 44. | indispensable | too important to do without |
| 45. | influential | having strong effect on others |
| 46. | key | of central importance |
| 47. | landmark | notably important or historic |
| 48. | leading | most important or principal |
| 49. | life-changing | changing someone’s life significantly |
| 50. | loaded | full of significance or implication |
| 51. | major | greater in importance or scale |
| 52. | massive | very large or important |
| 53. | material | relevant and significant |
| 54. | meaningful | having serious importance or value |
| 55. | memorable | worth remembering; significant |
| 56. | mighty | very powerful or important |
| 57. | monumental | great in importance or scale |
| 58. | necessary | required and important |
| 59. | newsworthy | important enough to report |
| 60. | notable | worthy of attention or notice |
| 61. | noteworthy | deserving attention or notice |
| 62. | of consequence | important; significant |
| 63. | of import | important; significant |
| 64. | of note | worthy of attention |
| 65. | of substance | having real importance |
| 66. | of weight | important and influential |
| 67. | once-in-a-generation | extremely rare and important |
| 68. | once-in-a-lifetime | extremely rare and important |
| 69. | outstanding | exceptionally good or important |
| 70. | paramount | more important than anything else |
| 71. | pivotal | of crucial importance |
| 72. | portentous | significant and ominous |
| 73. | powerful | having great effect or influence |
| 74. | preeminent | surpassing others in importance |
| 75. | pregnant | full of meaning or consequences |
| 76. | prime | of first importance |
| 77. | principal | first in importance |
| 78. | red-letter | especially important and memorable |
| 79. | remarkable | unusually striking or important |
| 80. | resounding | strongly notable or significant |
| 81. | seminal | strongly influencing future developments |
| 82. | serious | important and not trivial |
| 83. | signal | notably important or significant |
| 84. | significant | important in effect or meaning |
| 85. | singular | remarkably unusual or important |
| 86. | special | better or more important than usual |
| 87. | substantial | considerable in importance or size |
| 88. | substantive | having real importance or meaning |
| 89. | telling | revealing or significant |
| 90. | towering | very great or important |
| 91. | transformative | causing major change |
| 92. | tremendous | very great in amount or importance |
| 93. | turning-point | marking a decisive change |
| 94. | unprecedented | never done before; highly significant |
| 95. | vast | very great in extent or importance |
| 96. | vital | absolutely necessary or important |
| 97. | watershed | marking a major turning point |
| 98. | weighty | serious and important |
| 99. | world-historic | important in world history |
| 100. | world-shaking | changing the world greatly |
