exigent | Definition of exigent

Synonyms and Antonyms of exigent

needing immediate attention

started his workday with a flood of exigent matters that required his quick decision

Synonyms of exigent

acute, burning, clamant, compelling, critical, crying, dire, emergent, imperative, imperious, importunate, instant, necessitous, pressing, urgent

Words Related to exigent

demanding, extreme, immediate, insistent, intense, overriding

crucial, desperate, grave, life-and-death (also life-or-death), serious, severe, vital

dangerous, explosive, hazardous, perilous, precarious, unstable

Near Antonyms of exigent

incidental, low-pressure, minor, negligible, trivial, unimportant

nonthreatening, safe, stable

Antonyms of exigent

noncritical, nonurgent