urgent

[ur-juhnt] / ˈɜr dʒənt /

ADJECTIVE

needing immediate attention

Synonyms

STRONGEST

compelling critical crucial demanding essential immediate imperative important indispensable necessary persuasive pressing serious vital weighty

WEAK

burning called-for capital chief clamant clamorous crying demanded driving exigent foremost heavy hurry-up impelling importunate insistent instant leading life and death momentous paramount primary principal required salient top-priority touch and go touchy wanted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy facile inessential insignificant light minor needless nonessential optional secondary small trivial uncritical unimportant unnecessary unsubstantial voluntary

WEAK

moderate

Example Sentences

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To that end, the U.S. will reduce its “global military presence to address urgent threats in our Hemisphere,” deploy the U.S.

From Salon

The need for quantity is urgent, and there’s an argument for building whatever we can.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lucy, from Edinburgh, sought second opinions from doctors all over the world but the message was the same - she would need urgent surgery and radiotherapy which her baby would not survive.

From BBC

Delivered in a style that evokes its historical moment while also cutting across time to the present, it lands with the enthralling, incantatory force of urgent prayer.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Water management in the country is vital and urgent; if we fail to control it, it risks creating problems that will be difficult to resolve," he said.

From Barron's

urgent

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