Answer:

greater

Answer	Crossword Clue
GREATER	More significant
GREATER	Almost equal to Ali?
GREATER	More eminent

GREATER	Larger
GREATER	More important
GREATER	More noble
GREATER	... Antilles.
GREATER	More important.
GREATER	... New York.
GREATER	Major.
GREATER	Word used to designate N. Y. metropolitan area.

GREATER	... London.
GREATER	... Antilles
GREATER	... New York
GREATER	West Indies' ... Antilles
GREATER	Word before many city names
GREATER	Further to the right on a number line
GREATER	More sizable
GREATER	Antilles part

GREATER	Truism (Part 2)
GREATER	1, to 0