seminal[adjective]Synonyms: influential, formative, ground-breaking, important, innovative, original
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
sem‧i‧nal /ˈsemən
əl, ˈsemɪn
əl/
adjective[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: French;
Origin: séminal, from Latin seminalis, from semen; ⇒ semen]
1. formal a seminal article, book etc is important, and influences the way things develop in the future:
a seminal study of eighteenth-century France2. [only before noun] technical producing or containing
semen [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲