Antonyms 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.

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

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Importance
   • Necessity
   • Situation

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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

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1. urgencynoun

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

How to use urgency in a sentence?

1. Judy Rabinovitz:

   There's no urgency, they are already complying with the court order.

2. Ginette Hemley:

   Ginette Hemley, senior vice president of wildlife conservation for the World Wildlife Fund, said in a statement. As governments like South Africa continue to ramp up efforts to stop wildlife poaching, these numbers remind us of the urgency to swiftly address this crisis across all fronts, although South Africa remains the epicenter for the rhino poaching epidemic, criminal networks appear to be expanding their reach across the region, and the problem is ultimately rooted in demand for rhino horn in Asia, most notably in Vietnam.

3. James Woodall:

   This is not us saying,' We don't like Joe Biden, we oppose him' or any of those things. We are only demonstrating the urgency of what it takes to get this through, we've seen it before from this administration when it came to Build Back Better. We've seen it before when it came to infrastructure.

4. Nancy Pelosi:

   In January, a horrible, horrible terrorist attack took place in Paris, you'd think it would have heightened the urgency to pass a homeland security bill, but the Republicans still say no to passing a clean bill unless they can be a menace to immigration.

5. Superintendent Robert Runcie:

   I take a lot of exception to any statement, or suggestion that somehow this administration and school board did nothing or was ever lax in our response, to the contrary, this matter was taken very seriously and was addressed with an appropriate sense of urgency.

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