salient

Noun

1. (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
   • Less specific
     • projection
   • Part of
     • line of battle
   • Topic Members
     • military
     • armed forces
     • armed services
     • military machine
     • war machine

Adjective

1. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; “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”
   • Synonyms
     • outstanding
     • prominent
     • spectacular
     • striking
   • Similar to
     • conspicuous
   • Related
     • salience
     • saliency
     • strikingness
     • spectacle
     • salience
     • saliency
     • strikingness
     • salience
     • saliency
     • strikingness
2. (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees
   • Antonyms
     • re-entrant
     • reentrant
3. represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)
   • Similar to
     • inclined
   • Topic Members
     • heraldry