pressing | Definition of pressing

Synonyms and Antonyms of pressing

needing immediate attention

she had pressing business on the other side of town

Synonyms of pressing

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

Words Related to pressing

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 pressing

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

nonthreatening, safe, stable

Antonyms of pressing

noncritical, nonurgent