Synonyms for urgent
ˈɜr dʒəntur·gent

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1. urgentadjective

   Synonyms:
   pressing

2. urgentadjective

   Requiring immediate attention.

   An urgent appeal was sent out for assistance.

   Synonyms:
   pressing

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1. urgent

   Synonyms:
   pressing, imperative, immediate, importunate, forcible, strenuous, serious, grave, momentous, indeferrible

   Antonyms:
   unimportant, insignificant, trifling, trivial, deferrable

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1. pressing, urgentadjective

   compelling immediate action

   "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair"

   Synonyms:
   pressing

   Antonyms:
   beseeching, imploring, pleading

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1. urgentadjective

   Synonyms:
   pressing, cogent, importunate, pertinacious, earnestly solicitous

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1. urgentadjective

   Synonyms:
   pressing, imperative, insistent, exigent, importunate, pertinacious, imperious

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1. List of paraphrases for "urgent":

   pressing, emergency, urgency, urgently, immediate, compelling, imperative, exigency, acute, prompt, speedy, flash, contingency, dire, time-sensitive, rapid

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1. President Biden:

   As leadersof our two nations we share responsibility in my view to show that China and the United States can manage our differences, prevent competition from becoming any bigger than mere conflict and to find ways to work together on urgent global issues require our mutual cooperation.

2. Gerald Ford:

   That purpose was to change our national focus. I wanted to do all I could to shift our attentions from the pursuit of a fallen President to the pursuit of the urgent needs of a rising nation.

3. Marc Duvoisin:

   Urgent questions about the police response to the massacre have not been answered with clarity or consistency, and residents' frustration began to boil over on social media, the information gap became a partisan talking point, and elected officials began to demand answers and an investigation.

4. Ben Cardin:

   It is an urgent issue. When we are talking about men and women in harm's way, Congress has that fundamental responsibility. So, this is our opportunity to have a vote.

5. Mark Esper:

   The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in one of those situations now.