Synonyms for urgency
ˈɜr dʒən siur·gen·cy

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.3 / 4 votes

1. urgency

   Necessity is the quality of being necessary, or the quality of that which can not but be, become, or be true, or be accepted as true. Need and want always imply a lack; necessity may be used in this sense, but in the higher philosophical sense necessity simply denotes the exclusion of any alternative either in thought or fact; righteousness is a necessity (not a need) of the divine nature. Need suggests the possibility of supplying the deficiency which want expresses; to speak of a person's want of decision merely points out a weakness in his character; to say that he has need of decision implies that he can exercise or attain it. As applied to a deficiency, necessity is more imperative than need; a weary person is in need of rest; when rest becomes a necessity he has no choice but to stop work. An essential is something, as a quality, or element, that belongs to the essence of something else so as to be inseparable from it in its normal condition, or in any complete idea or statement of it. Compare NECESSARY; PREDESTINATION.

   Synonyms:
   compulsion, destiny, emergency, essential, exigency, extremity, fatality, fate, indispensability, indispensableness, necessity, need, requirement, requisite, sine qua non, unavoidableness, want

   Antonyms:
   choice, contingency, doubt, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, fortuity, freedom, option, possibility, uncertainty

   Preposition:
   The necessity of surrender; a necessity for action; this is a necessity to me.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. urgencynoun

   the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity

   Synonyms:
   importunity, urging

2. urgencynoun

   pressing importance requiring speedy action

   "the urgency of his need"

   Synonyms:
   importunity, urging

3. urgencynoun

   an urgent situation calling for prompt action

   "I'll be there, barring any urgencies"; "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs"

   Synonyms:
   importunity, urging

4. importunity, urgency, urgingnoun

   insistent solicitation and entreaty

   "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"

   Synonyms:
   goading, spurring, prod, goad, importunity, urging, prodding, spur

Matched Categories

1. • Importance
   • Necessity
   • Situation

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. urgencynoun

   Synonyms:
   pressure, press, exigency, emergency, stress, necessity, pressing want

2. urgencynoun

   Synonyms:
   importunity, entreaty, insistence, solicitation

3. urgencynoun

   Synonyms:
   incitement, stimulus, spur, goad

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1. urgencynoun

   Synonyms:
   insistence, pressure, importunity, exigency, stress, necessity, incitement

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1. List of paraphrases for "urgency":

   urgent, emergency, urgence, exigency, haste, emergencies, urgently

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1. Pope Francis:

   Accepting the urgency, it seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem, which can no longer be left to a future generation, when it comes to the care of our 'common home,' we are living at a critical moment of history. We still have time to make the changes needed to bring about a sustainable and integral development, for we know that things can change.

2. Dirk Engels:

   Ebola has shown that when there is real urgency, something can be done (by foreign donors and pharmaceutical companies), but it's also shown that maybe we shouldn't wait until it is urgent.

3. Royal Dutch Shell:

   The tone has changed. Maybe we didn't quite create the right impression of urgency back in January.

4. Michael Burger:

   There's just a tremendous urgency to take action now, so environmental groups, citizens, states and cities are taking to the courts to try and force action.

5. Ian Woodley:

   A sense of urgency seems to be lacking. More of that would be desirable ... You can't hang on to something forever when everybody knows it's an unwanted asset, they are quite good at promises. Delivery tends to be slower than you would be happy with.