Synonyms 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.

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

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

Matched Categories

1. • Importance
   • Necessity
   • Situation

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. urgencynoun

   Synonyms:
   pressure, press, exigency, emergency, stress, necessity, pressing want

2. urgencynoun

   Synonyms:
   importunity, entreaty, insistence, solicitation

3. urgencynoun

   Synonyms:
   incitement, stimulus, spur, goad

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. urgencynoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "urgency":

   urgent, emergency, urgence, exigency, haste, emergencies, urgently

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1. Tricia Burns:

   There was a real sense of urgency and a real sense of fear and anxiety, they need to get a move on and try and find something before all the jobs were taken. Most of them packed up and headed out. Some of them even left their stuff behind and said,' when we figure out where their next move is, we'll come back and get the stuff.'.

2. Nayib Bukele:

   We will invest in the community as has not been done in a long time and we will show the country and world that reparations can be made in such cases, it must be done with urgency.

3. State Department spokesman John Kirby:

   They have a choice. Rather than continuing to fight their fellow Afghans and destabilizing their country, they should engage in a peace process and ultimately become a legitimate part of the political system of a sovereign united Afghanistan, there is and should be a sense of urgency around getting these talks up and running.

4. Sebastian Pinera:

   We must approve these projects with the urgency that Chileans demand.

5. America Movil:

   The pay-TV market is highly concentrated... which indicates the urgency to generate competitive conditions.