Antonyms for pressing
ˈprɛs ɪŋpress·ing

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1. pressing

   Antonyms:
   unimportant, slight, trivial, light

   Synonyms:
   urgent compulsory, importunate

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1. • Push

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1. press, pressure, pressingnoun

   the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

   "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"

   Antonyms:
   pleading, imploring, beseeching

   Synonyms:
   insistence, pressure level, military press, closet, force per unit area, public press, press, imperativeness, air pressure, crush, atmospheric pressure, wardrobe, printing press, pressure sensation, mechanical press, pressure, insistency, jam

2. pressingadjective

   a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press

   Antonyms:
   imploring, pleading, beseeching

   Synonyms:
   pressure, press

3. pressing, urgentadjective

   compelling immediate action

   "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair"

   Antonyms:
   imploring, pleading, beseeching

   Synonyms:
   urgent

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1. pressingadjective

   Synonyms:
   urgent, importunate, exigent

How to use pressing in a sentence?

1. John McCain:

   But I have to tell you ... the power of this maritime lobby is as powerful as anybody or any organization I have run up against in my political career. All I can do is appeal to the patron saint of lost causes and keep pressing and pressing and sooner or later you have to succeed.

2. James Comey:

   Howard has a longstanding history of being a vibrant academic community and the perfect place to have a rich dialogue on many of the most pressing issues we face today.

3. Chris Hipkins:

   With an event of the size and the scale that we have seen in the last 24 hours, what we have to do is make sure that we’re dealing with the most pressing needs across the country as quickly as we can.

4. John McAfee:

   I personally am still in a quandary about whether to run myself or find someone else for my party, my advisors are pressing me to run.

5. Nick Twidale:

   Investors are continuing to look for clarity on the trade situation between the United States and China and as the trading days drift by with no concrete update on progress then markets become more and more concerned, probably more pressing for the U.S. markets is the threat of another government shutdown.

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