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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?
If we were to experience another doubling of those numbers over the next month, that would mean that we are in an urgent situation where tougher actions will be required to make sure that we do contain the spread of Covid-19.
The urgent need for further new nuclear capacity in United Kingdom should not be underestimated, without a diverse low carbon mix and with increasing demand to power electric vehicles, we run the risk of becoming more reliant on burning fossil fuels to produce our electricity.
From the coronavirus pandemic to the rise of right-wing extremism to ongoing election interference, there are urgent threats requiring our attention, mr. Wolf's refusal to testify -- thereby evading congressional oversight at this critical time -- is especially troubling given the serious matters facing the Department and the Nation.
There isn't that much capacity (of hospital beds) left in Tokyo, so a (medical collapse) is no longer unforeseeable, the number of patients is clearly rising, so the situation is becoming more urgent.
This was a test of the Prime Minister and he has failed it, the Cabinet Secretary must now launch an urgent inquiry.
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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