exigency | Definition of exigency

Synonyms and Antonyms of exigency

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action

the exigencies requiring snap decisions that traders on the stock exchange face every day

Synonyms of exigency

boiling point, breaking point, clutch, conjuncture, crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, crunch time, Dunkirk, emergency, extremity, flash point, head, juncture, tinderbox, zero hour

Words Related to exigency

contingency, possibility

climax, turning point

happening, landmark, milestone

condition, pass, situation, strait

deadlock, impasse, stalemate

corner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, last ditch, pinch, predicament, scrape, spot

eleventh hour, last minute

Phrases Synonymous with exigency

moment of truth, point of no return