1. (noun) imperative mood, imperative, jussive mood, imperative form
a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
Synonyms: imperative form, imperative mood, imperative, jussive mood
Antonyms: mendicant, beseeching, petitionary, precatory, imploring, supplicant, supplicatory, adjuratory, pleading, importunate, precative, suppliant
2. (adj) imperative
some duty that is essential and urgent
Synonyms: imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood
Antonyms: beseeching, supplicatory, mendicant, importunate, petitionary, precative, adjuratory, supplicant, imploring, precatory, suppliant, pleading
3. (adj) imperative
requiring attention or action
Antonyms: supplicatory, petitionary, importunate, pleading, mendicant, imploring, supplicant, adjuratory, precatory, beseeching, suppliant, precative
4. (adj) imperative
relating to verbs in the imperative mood
Antonyms: mendicant, supplicant, precative, supplicatory, beseeching, importunate, petitionary, pleading, imploring, adjuratory, precatory, suppliant
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Synonyms and Antonyms of imperative 
