importunate | Definition of importunate

Synonyms and Antonyms of importunate

needing immediate attention

the demands of the chairmanship were becoming too importunate for me to continue without an assistant

Synonyms of importunate

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

Words Related to importunate

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 importunate

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

nonthreatening, safe, stable

Antonyms of importunate

noncritical, nonurgent