Imperative

/ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/

Synonyms for "imperative" (295 found)

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Noun(3 words)

absolute absolutist absolutistic acid acute allegiance arbitrary aristocratic arrogant ascendantassigned taskauthoritarian authoritative authorized autocratic basic behest bidding binding biting

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bossybounden dutyburden burning businesscall of dutycanoncase of needcharge choiceless claimed clamant clamorousclothed with authoritycoactive code command commanding commandment commitment compelling competent compulsatory compulsive compulsory conclusive conditional consequential considerable constraining controlling convention corrosive critical crucial

Adjective(1 words)

critical descriptor

Strong matches (89)

crying cuttingde rigueurdecisive decretal decretive decretory dedication deference demanded demanding despotic devoir devotion dictate dictated dictating dictation dictatorial dictum

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diredire necessitydirect orderdirective dogmatic dominant domineering drivingduly constitutedduties and responsibilitiesduty effective eminent empowered entailed essential ethicsex officioexacting exigence exigency exigent fealty feudal final forceful forcible form formula fundamentalgeneral principlegolden rulegoverning great grinding guidelineguiding principlegutsyhard and fasthard-and-fastharsh hegemonic hegemonistic hesthigh handedhigh-handed high-pressure high-priority homage immediacy imperativeness imperial imperious important importunate imposed impressive incisive indicative indispensable inevitable

Noun(7 words)

directivedirective moodduty essentialimperative formimperative moodimperative verb

Adjective(1 words)

emergency procedure

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influential insistent insolent instant instructive involuntary irresistible irrevocable jussive law leadingline of dutylordly loyalty magisterial magistral mandate mandated mandating mandatory

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masterfulmatter of necessitymaxim mighty mission mitzvah mode momentous monocratic mood moral mordant must necessary necessitous needful nervous norm obligating obligation obligative obligatory official onus oppressive optative order ordering ordinance ought overbearing overruling penetrating peremptory permissive piercing pivotal place pleasure poignant potent potential powerful preceptive predicament preeminent prerequisite prescript prescriptive pressing pressingness pressure prestigious principium principle prominent pronouncement puissant punchy ranking regulation repressive required requisite respect restraining rubric rule rulingsay sosay-soself-imposed dutysenior sensationalsettled principlesevere sinewed sinewy slashingspecial orderstandard stern strict striking strong subjunctive substantial superior suppressive supreme telling tenet totalitarian trenchant tyrannical tyrannous ultimate urgency urgenturgent needvigorous vital weighty willwithout appealwithout choicewordword of commandworking principleworking rule

Noun(12 words)

injunctionjussive moodmandatorymoral normmost essential datanecessity normativenormative ruleobligation obligato obligatory prescriptive

Adjective(5 words)

nonpropositionalprocedural conceptprocedural motion to changeprocedural termurgent request

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

16 entries

characteristic dutyethical principleethical standardgrammatical moodlinguistic categorymodality mode moodmoral obligationmoral principlenormative principleobligation quality responsibility verb

More specific

13 entries

categorical imperativehortative imperativehypothetical imperativeimperative clauseimperative constructionimperative sentencelegal imperativemandatory rulemoral imperativeobligatory steppractical imperativeprohibitive imperativerequired action

Collocations

10 entries

ethical imperativeexplicit imperativegrammatical imperativeimperative actionimperative clauseimperative constructionimperative moodimperative sentenceimperative verbprocedural imperative

Inflections

3 entries

imperativesmore imperativemost imperative

Derivations

2 entries

imperatively imperativeness

Antonyms

1 entries

beseeching

similar

15 entries

adjuratory assertive clamant crying desperate exigent insistent instant peremptory pressing self-asserting self-assertive shrill strident urgent

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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It is imperative for you to act at once.

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It is imperative that you be on time as usual.

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It is imperative that we should encourage participatory forms of decision-making.

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It is imperative for you to finish by Sunday.

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