salient (n.)
- airspace
- area
- arrant
- belt
- bold
- boldness
- chief
- confines
- corridor
- country
- department
- district
- division
- embossment
- eminence
- environs
- excrescence
- extraordinary
- extrusion
- gibbosity
- gibbousness
- ground
- heartland
- hinterland
- jutting
- land
- milieu
- neighborhood
- noble
- notable
- part
- parts
- place
- premises
- primary
- principal
- projection
- prominence
- protrusion
- protuberance
- quarter
- rare
- region
- relief
- salience
- section
- signal
- soil
- space
- special
- striking
- telling
- terrain
- territory
- tuberosity
- unique
- vicinity
- zone
salient (adj.)
- arrant
- arresting
- bellying
- belt
- blatant
- bold
- bulging
- celebrated
- chief
- conspicuous
- country
- distinctive
- distinguished
- eminent
- esteemed
- estimable
- exceptional
- excrescent
- extraordinary
- flagrant
- glaring
- ground
- important
- impressive
- intrusive
- jutting
- land
- marked
- memorable
- moving
- noble
- notable
- noteworthy
- noticeable
- notorious
- obtrusive
- obvious
- ostensible
- outstanding
- part
- pertinent
- place
- prestigious
- primary
- principal
- prognathous
- projecting
- prominent
- pronounced
- protruding
- protrusile
- protrusive
- protuberant
- rare
- remarkable
- reputable
- section
- signal
- significant
- soil
- special
- staring
- striking
- telling
- unforgettable
- unique
- weighty