urgent

Speech parts

1. urgent - Adjective

2. urgent - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pressing necessary needed paramount critical serious essential immediate emergency vital crucial grave acute demanding instant
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Antonyms

flake needless small little auxiliary minor
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Related terms

urge

Phrases with the word

urgent need urgent information extremely urgent urgent total urgent matter urgent care

Anagrams

gurnet gunter

Examples

Preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching. Paul

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' Martin Luther King Jr.

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. Albert Einstein

Growing hemp as nature designed it is vital to our urgent need to reduce greenhouse gases and ensure the survival of our planet. Jack Herer

What is not urgent must be done quickly in order to take care of the urgent things calmly. Chinese Proverb

As long as time is not pressing one does not burn incense; when it becomes urgent one kisses the feet of Buddha. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Urgench urgency urgency incontinence urgent care urgent information urgent loan