1. (noun)exigency a pressing or urgent situation Synonyms: emergency, pinch
2. (noun)emergency, exigency, pinch a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action Synonyms: jot, soupcon, touch, exigency, hand brake, tinge, tweak, catch, emergency brake, speck, hint, pinch, collar, mite, apprehension, taking into custody, arrest, emergency, parking brake
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'exigency'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. exigency Necessity is the quality of being necessary, or the quality of that which can not but be, become, or be true, or be accepted as true. Need and want always imply a lack; necessity may be used Synonyms: necessity, compulsion, fatality, requisite, destiny, fate, sine qua non, emergency, indispensability, unavoidableness, essential, indispensableness, urgency, exigency, need, want, extremity, requirement Antonyms: choice, doubt, dubiousness, freedom, possibility, contingency, doubtfulness, fortuity, option, uncertainty