Definition for Urgent:

• Pressing, calling for immediate action or attention, as am in u. need, the matter is u., an u. demand; importunate, earnest& persistent in demand, as was u. with me for( or to disclose) further particulars. Hence urgently adv. [ French]

Synonyms for Urgent:

• adj.

  •critical (adjective)
  • high-priority.
  •dangerous (adjective)
  • parlous,
  • Jeopardous,
  • portentous.
  •desirous (adjective)
  • desirous,
  • passionate,
  • covetous,
  • acquisitive,
  • grasping,
  • hopeful,
  • needful,
  • itching,
  • fond,
  • hungry,
  • greedy,
  • longing,
  • ardent,
  • amorous,
  • Lusting,
  • yearning,
  • hankering,
  • expectant,
  • Thirsting.
  •effective (adjective)
  • cogent.
  •hasty (adjective)
  • darting,
  • bustling,
  • speedy,
  • breathless,
  • galloping,
  • rapid,
  • quick,
  • swift,
  • feverish,
  • impatient,
  • dashing,
  • flying,
  • abrupt,
  • headlong,
  • pelting,
  • fleet,
  • hurried,
  • brisk,
  • running,
  • rushing,
  • breakneck.
  •important (adjective)
  • of moment,
  • newsworthy.
  •irresistible (adjective)
  • irresistible.
  •needing immediate attention (adjective)
  • essential,
  • impelling,
  • heavy,
  • demanding,
  • capital,
  • Demanded,
  • leading,
  • touchy,
  • driving,
  • top-priority,
  • hurry-up,
  • required,
  • wanted.

• n.

  •
  • dire,
  • emergent.
  •
  • continue,
  • Importune.
  •insistent (noun)
  • enthusiastic,
  • diffident,
  • vigorous,
  • commanding,
  • impressive,
  • precipitate,
  • persuasive,
  • zealous,
  • frantic,
  • moving,
  • excited,
  • impetuous,
  • apologetic,
  • impulsive,
  • overpowering,
  • hesitant,
  • masterful,
  • convincing,
  • seductive,
  • solemn,
  • clamorous.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • envious,
  • much,
  • anxious.
  •
  • violent.
  •
  • badly.
  •
  • keen.
  •absorbing
  • consuming.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dispatch,
  • critic,
  • uneasily,
  • briefly,
  • taxing,
  • fearfully,
  • cursory,
  • greatness,
  • unwavering,
  • on one's knees,
  • demand,
  • readily,
  • assert,
  • of the essence,
  • teasing,
  • anxiously,
  • help,
  • extreme,
  • compulsory,
  • instantly,
  • expeditious,
  • actuating,
  • motivational,
  • expedite,
  • draining,
  • apprehensively,
  • perilous,
  • usually,
  • provoking,
  • constrained,
  • Cajoling,
  • superficial,
  • causative,
  • get,
  • without choice,
  • frequently,
  • revive,
  • Dunning,
  • forcible,
  • haste,
  • quickly,
  • fiery,
  • easily,
  • wrongly,
  • profound,
  • insist,
  • in a hurry,
  • causal,
  • swiftly,
  • passing,
  • develop,
  • persevering,
  • extortionate,
  • severely,
  • dash,
  • exciting,
  • of consequence,
  • urgently,
  • awfully,
  • warm,
  • emphatic,
  • needed,
  • current,
  • renew,
  • rush,
  • abolish,
  • mouth,
  • high pressure,
  • account,
  • direct,
  • hasten,
  • called for,
  • opening,
  • aperture,
  • avid,
  • stirring,
  • immediately,
  • rapidly,
  • animating,
  • frenetic,
  • necessitous,
  • vehement,
  • eliminate,
  • refresh,
  • constrain,
  • delete,
  • central,
  • inducive,
  • speedily,
  • absorbing,
  • compel,
  • signal,
  • motive,
  • Begging,
  • importance,
  • advertise,
  • sudden,
  • dignity,
  • coercive,
  • consequential,
  • prefer,
  • promote,
  • uncompromising,
  • suddenly,
  • Firer,
  • leather,
  • encourage,
  • assertive,
  • energetic,
  • celerity,
  • exorbitant,
  • active,
  • exceedingly,
  • prompt,
  • human skin,
  • accelerate,
  • requisite,
  • pestering,
  • hole,
  • rid,
  • slap-bang,
  • Plaguing,
  • snap,
  • obligatory,
  • solicitous,
  • import,
  • promptly,
  • pressingly,
  • existing,
  • no laughing matter,
  • incumbent,
  • repeatedly,
  • cracking,
  • passage,
  • pell-mell,
  • glowing,
  • Lickety Split,
  • pass,
  • inexorable,
  • expeditiously,
  • timidly,
  • actual,
  • venter,
  • in demand,
  • fur,
  • nagging,
  • helter-skelter,
  • mandatory,
  • festinate,
  • poorly,
  • motivating,
  • urgency,
  • irrelevant,
  • obsessive,
  • stimulating,
  • loud,
  • orifice,
  • rushed,
  • impassioned,
  • restore,
  • split second,
  • wheedling,
  • hurriedly,
  • frequency,
  • directive,
  • affirm,
  • slapdash,
  • group,
  • hastily,
  • gap,
  • present,
  • emergency,
  • renovate,
  • coerce,
  • necessity,
  • furious,
  • gravity,
  • exacting,
  • overwhelming,
  • very,
  • unfaltering,
  • Choiceless,
  • refurbish,
  • Rapid-fire,
  • presently,
  • lack,
  • kick,
  • must,
  • last-minute,
  • in haste,
  • pressure,
  • directly,
  • hurry,
  • crisis,
  • coaxing.

Paraphrases for Urgent:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    exigent.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    crucial, necessary, urgent-action, essential, desperate, Emergencies, much-needed, indispensable, fervent, expedited, peremptory, persistent, serious, exigency, stringent, absolute, overwhelming, ardent, significant, great, important, earnest, high-priority, impending, anxious, current, paramount, crying.
  • Proper noun, singular
    emergency, Emergencies.
  • Noun, plural
    matters, imperatives, treatments, Contingencies, accumulators, responders, Exigencies, Emergencies.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    emergency, exigency.
  • Adverb
    desperately, sorely.
  • Interjection
    important.
  • Verb, past tense
    rushed, said.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    urging, emerging, drawing.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    compelling, acute, time-sensitive, insistent, imminent, urgently-needed, dire, speedy, vital, overriding, topical, urgently, strong, expeditious, faster.
  • Proper noun, singular
    urgency, urgently.
  • Noun, plural
    urgencies, alerts, urgently.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    urgency, urgently, expeditious.
  • Adverb
    urgently.
  • Interjection
    emergency, Emergencies.
  • Verb, past tense
    urgently.
  • Verb, base form
    emergency, urgently.

Antonyms for Urgent:

• adj.

  • needing immediate attention
    secondary, moderate, uncritical, optional, voluntary, unsubstantial, easy, insignificant, unimportant, trivial, light, unnecessary, small, facile, nonessential, minor, inessential, needless.
  • Other antonyms:
    imploring, pleading, beseeching.