Synonyms for urgent
- adjective
Most common
immediate pressing imperative exigent solicitous necessitous
Definitions
- adj. 1
Requiring immediate attention.
An urgent appeal was sent out for assistance.
Example sentences
- immediate The new medicine demonstrated an immediate effect.
- pressing The issue of Third World poverty is very pressing.
- imperative No duty is more imperative than saying thank you.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| urgent | falling | |
| immediate | falling | |
| pressing | steady | |
| imperative | steady | |
| exigent | steady | |
| solicitous | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- loud1, sore1, dire1
- 5 letters
- grave1, acute2
- 6 letters
- strong1, crying2, needly
- 7 letters
- serious3, burning2, earnest2, exigent3, clamant
- 8 letters
- critical3, pressing2, vehement3
- 9 letters
- important3, immediate4, insistent3, imperious4
- 10 letters
- compelling3, imperative4, solicitous4
- 11 letters
- importunate, necessitous
- 12 letters
- pertinacious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (acute2 = 2 syllables).