'Urgent' definitions:
Definition of 'urgent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair" [syn: pressing, urgent]
Definition of 'Urgent'
From: GCIDE
- Urgent \Ur"gent\, a. [L. urgens, p. pr. of urgere: cf. F. urgent. See Urge.] Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important. "The urgent hour." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Some urgent cause to ordain the contrary. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send them out of the land in haste. --Ex. xii. 33. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'urgent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- active,
- actuating,
- acute,
- animating,
- ardent,
- begging,
- burning,
- cajoling,
- causal,
- causative,
- choiceless,
- clamant,
- clamorous,
- coaxing,
- compelling,
- compulsory,
- critical,
- crucial,
- crying,
- cursory,
- demanding,
- directive,
- draining,
- driving,
- dunning,
- earnest,
- emergency,
- emphatic,
- energetic,
- enthusiastic,
- exacting,
- exciting,
- exigent,
- exorbitant,
- expeditious,
- extortionate,
- fervent,
- festinate,
- feverish,
- fiery,
- firm,
- flying,
- forceful,
- furious,
- glowing,
- grasping,
- hasty,
- high-pressure,
- high-priority,
- hurried,
- immediate,
- impassioned,
- impelling,
- imperative,
- imperious,
- important,
- importunate,
- impulsive,
- inducive,
- insistent,
- instant,
- last-minute,
- life-and-death,
- life-or-death,
- loud,
- mandatory,
- motivating,
- motivational,
- motive,
- moving,
- nagging,
- necessary,
- necessitous,
- obligatory,
- on the spot,
- passing,
- passionate,
- persistent,
- pertinacious,
- pestering,
- pivotal,
- plaguing,
- pressing,
- prompt,
- provoking,
- quick,
- rush,
- serious,
- slap-bang,
- slapdash,
- snap,
- solicitous,
- speedy,
- stimulating,
- stirring,
- superficial,
- swift,
- taxing,
- teasing,
- tenacious,
- vehement,
- vital,
- warm,
- wheedling,
- without choice