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Synonyms for urgent
ˈɜr dʒəntur·gent
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urgent
Synonyms:
pressing, imperative, immediate, importunate, forcible, strenuous, serious, grave, momentous, indeferribleAntonyms:
unimportant, insignificant, trifling, trivial, deferrable
Princeton's WordNet
pressing, urgentadjective
compelling immediate action
"too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair"
Synonyms:
pressingAntonyms:
beseeching, imploring, pleading
Dictionary of English Synonymes
urgentadjective
Synonyms:
pressing, cogent, importunate, pertinacious, earnestly solicitous
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
urgentadjective
Synonyms:
pressing, imperative, insistent, exigent, importunate, pertinacious, imperious
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "urgent":
pressing, emergency, urgency, urgently, immediate, compelling, imperative, exigency, acute, prompt, speedy, flash, contingency, dire, time-sensitive, rapid
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1174 | flash | |
#1909 | emergency | |
#2107 | serious | |
#3122 | immediate | |
#3809 | rapid | |
#5690 | acute | |
#6394 | prompt | |
#8065 | grave | |
#8279 | urgent | |
#8740 | pressing | |
#10180 | compelling | |
#14434 | contingency | |
#14815 | speedy | |
#14966 | imperative | |
#16120 | dire | |
#16157 | urgency | |
#22060 | urgently | |
#35229 | strenuous | |
#42172 | forcible | |
#42699 | momentous | |
#115959 | exigency | |
#210695 | importunate |
How to use urgent in a sentence?
With all the urgent crises facing our nation and the State of Florida --the Covid-19 pandemic, racial injustice, climate change --the administration has used tax dollars and government resources for a Jurassic Park experiment.
A week ago we had to file an urgent case in the highest court in the country to stop the government from secretively deporting this baby to Nauru. Now the family is being released into the community. It's a massive turnaround.
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.
The findings ... point to the urgent need to improve understanding around antibiotic resistance, one of the biggest health challenges of the 21st century will require global behaviour change by individuals and societies.
This agreement is about access, is about coming when there is an urgent desire and when both sides agree.
Translations for urgent
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- مستعجلArabic
- urgentCatalan, Valencian
- naléhavýCzech
- presserendeDanish
- dringlich, eilig, dringendGerman
- επείγωνGreek
- urĝaEsperanto
- urgente, acucianteSpanish
- kiireellinenFinnish
- urgentFrench
- práinneachIrish
- faochnachScottish Gaelic
- urxenteGalician
- sürgősHungarian
- urgenteInterlingua
- urjantaIdo
- urgenteItalian
- 緊急, 急を要するJapanese
- 긴급Korean
- lezgînKurdish
- nonoiMāori
- dringendDutch
- pilnyPolish
- urgentePortuguese
- экстренный, срочный, неотложныйRussian
- brådskandeSwedish
- అత్యవసరంTelugu
- acil, ivediTurkish
- 急Chinese
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