Urgent

/ˈɝ.d͡ʒənt/

Synonyms for "urgent" (201 found)

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Closest matches (41)

Adjective(11 words)

pressingacute observeracutest alarmedcompelling casecompelling direct evidencecompelling new evidencecriticalcritical care equipmentcrucialcrucial evidence

active actuating acute animating anxious ardent avid begging burning cajoling causal causative choiceless clamant clamorous coaxing compelling compulsive compulsory critical

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crucial crying cursory

Adjective(4 words)

acute bad clamant crying

Noun(2 words)

breaking crash

Verb(1 words)

clarioned

Strong matches (60)

demanding desperate directive draining driving dunning earnest emergency emphatic energetic enthusiastic exacting exciting exigent exorbitant expeditious extortionate fervent festinate feverish

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fiery firm flying forceful furious glowing grasping grave hasty high-pressure high-priority hurried immediate impassioned impelling

Adjective(13 words)

desperate direr direstemergency procedureemergency surgeryessentialhigh priorityhotter immediateimmediate actionimmediate energy useimmediate eventimminent

Adjective(2 words)

dire exigent

Noun(10 words)

emergency edictemergency numberemergency policyemergency regulationemergency resupplyemergency situationforceful stancehastening hothrimmediate issues

Related words (100)

imperative imperious important importunate impulsive indispensable inducive insatiable insistent instantlast minutelast-minutelife-and-deathlife-or-deathloud mandatory motivating motivational motive moving

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Adjective(16 words)

imperative impetuousimportant matterintense pursuitlimited availabilityominous tonepressing issueprompt rapidrevolutionary activistrushlikeserious earthly concernsspecial meetingswift vitalvital care

Noun(18 words)

imperative moodintensifying adverblast minute budget movematter at handpresent resultsprioritypriority codepriority concernspushing racing rushingsafety postersscreaming shouting statstate authority powerstickingwar council

Adjective(7 words)

imperious instant pressing pressive rash severe sore

Determiner(1 words)

most emergency water supply

Verb(2 words)

needed pressed

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

8 entries

demandhealth careimportancemedical servicenecessity need priority treatment

More specific

11 entries

crucial taskemergency actionpressing issuetime sensitive taskurgent assignmenturgent care centerurgent care clinicurgent emailurgent messageurgent requestwalk in clinic

Collocations

6 entries

urgent actionurgent careurgent deadlineurgent matterurgent needurgent request

Inflections

2 entries

more urgentmost urgent

Derivations

2 entries

urgency urgently

similar

1 entries

imperative

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I canceled my appointment because of urgent business.

Source: tatoeba (18794)

I need to make an urgent call. Is there a public phone near here?

Source: tatoeba (18795)

Urgent business prevented him from going.

Source: tatoeba (19596)

Urgent business kept me from going shopping with you.

Source: tatoeba (19597)

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