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Synonyms for pressing
ˈprɛs ɪŋpress·ing
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pressing
Synonyms:
urgent compulsory, importunateAntonyms:
unimportant, slight, trivial, light
Princeton's WordNet
press, pressure, pressingnoun
the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
"he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"
Synonyms:
insistence, pressure level, military press, closet, force per unit area, public press, press, imperativeness, air pressure, crush, atmospheric pressure, wardrobe, printing press, pressure sensation, mechanical press, pressure, insistency, jamAntonyms:
pleading, imploring, beseechingpressingadjective
a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press
Antonyms:
imploring, pleading, beseechingpressing, urgentadjective
compelling immediate action
"too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair"
Synonyms:
urgentAntonyms:
imploring, pleading, beseeching
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
pressingadjective
Synonyms:
urgent, importunate
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
pressingadjective
Synonyms:
urgent, importunate, exigent
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "pressing":
urgent, compelling, acute, imperative, pulsar, immediate, pushing, dire, press
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#422 | press | |
#1608 | pressure | |
#3122 | immediate | |
#5259 | jam | |
#5690 | acute | |
#8279 | urgent | |
#8740 | pressing | |
#8967 | pushing | |
#10180 | compelling | |
#10648 | closet | |
#12305 | wardrobe | |
#12398 | crush | |
#14966 | imperative | |
#16120 | dire | |
#23019 | pulsar | |
#31063 | insistence | |
#210695 | importunate |
How to use pressing in a sentence?
Our teams were also pressing the Chinese government to send us viral isolates from patients there, and China has still, one year later, failed to provide the first generation viral isolates.
An already urgent situation has become even more pressing, we expect that that trend is going to continue for many years as it takes the labor market to recover.
London faces stiff challenges from other established centres, not just New York and the likes of Singapore, but also emerging centres in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. But it is the future of the UK's relationship with the EU which is arguably the most pressing issue.
In the immediate term this means working with and pressing South Sudan's leadership to provide for security in Juba, to safeguard freedom of movement and to provide for unfettered humanitarian access.
The United States accomplished what it needed to long ago in Afghanistan, and leaving troops in the country will only mean a continued loss of American life in pursuit of objectives that do not serve our national interest, president Trump deserves credit for dictating a full and rapid withdrawal from the country so that our military can focus on other pressing national security priorities.
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