'Exigent' definitions:
Definition of 'exigent'
From: WordNet
adjective
Demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [syn: clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant]
adjective
Requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation" [syn: exigent, exacting]
Definition of 'Exigent'
From: GCIDE
- Exigent \Ex"i*gent\, n.
- 1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Why do you cross me in this exigent? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (o. Eng. Law) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry. --Abbott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Exigent'
From: GCIDE
- Exigent \Ex`i*gent\, a. [L. exigens, -entis, p. pr. of exigere to drive out or forth, require, exact. See Exact.] Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical. "At this exigent moment." --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exigent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accurate,
- acute,
- astringent,
- attentive,
- austere,
- authoritarian,
- burdensome,
- burning,
- charged,
- choiceless,
- clamant,
- clamorous,
- climacteric,
- close,
- compelling,
- compulsory,
- conscientious,
- correct,
- critical,
- crucial,
- crying,
- decisive,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- dour,
- draining,
- emergent,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exorbitant,
- exquisite,
- extortionate,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- fussy,
- grasping,
- grievous,
- grim,
- harsh,
- high-pressure,
- high-priority,
- imperative,
- imperious,
- importunate,
- insistent,
- instant,
- kairotic,
- loaded,
- loud,
- mandatory,
- menacing,
- meticulous,
- minute,
- narrow,
- necessary,
- necessitous,
- nice,
- obligatory,
- oppressive,
- particular,
- persistent,
- pertinacious,
- pivotal,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- pregnant,
- pressing,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- refined,
- religious,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- rugged,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- severe,
- Spartan,
- Spartanic,
- stern,
- strict,
- stringent,
- subtle,
- superincumbent,
- taxing,
- threatening,
- tough,
- unsparing,
- urgent,
- weighty,
- without choice