prominence in WordNet English dictionary

1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
   "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
   bulge  bump  hump  swelling  gibbosity  gibbousness  jut  prominence  protuberance  protrusion  extrusion  excrescence 
   
2. relative importance
   prominence 
   
3. the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
   prominence