Synonyms for urgency
ˈɜr dʒən siur·gen·cy

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.3 / 4 votes

1. urgency

   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 in this sense, but in the higher philosophical sense necessity simply denotes the exclusion of any alternative either in thought or fact; righteousness is a necessity (not a need) of the divine nature. Need suggests the possibility of supplying the deficiency which want expresses; to speak of a person's want of decision merely points out a weakness in his character; to say that he has need of decision implies that he can exercise or attain it. As applied to a deficiency, necessity is more imperative than need; a weary person is in need of rest; when rest becomes a necessity he has no choice but to stop work. An essential is something, as a quality, or element, that belongs to the essence of something else so as to be inseparable from it in its normal condition, or in any complete idea or statement of it. Compare NECESSARY; PREDESTINATION.

   Synonyms:
   compulsion, destiny, emergency, essential, exigency, extremity, fatality, fate, indispensability, indispensableness, necessity, need, requirement, requisite, sine qua non, unavoidableness, want

   Antonyms:
   choice, contingency, doubt, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, fortuity, freedom, option, possibility, uncertainty

   Preposition:
   The necessity of surrender; a necessity for action; this is a necessity to me.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. urgencynoun

   the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity

   Synonyms:
   importunity, urging

2. urgencynoun

   pressing importance requiring speedy action

   "the urgency of his need"

   Synonyms:
   importunity, urging

3. urgencynoun

   an urgent situation calling for prompt action

   "I'll be there, barring any urgencies"; "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs"

   Synonyms:
   importunity, urging

4. importunity, urgency, urgingnoun

   insistent solicitation and entreaty

   "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"

   Synonyms:
   goading, spurring, prod, goad, importunity, urging, prodding, spur

Matched Categories

1. • Importance
   • Necessity
   • Situation

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. urgencynoun

   Synonyms:
   pressure, press, exigency, emergency, stress, necessity, pressing want

2. urgencynoun

   Synonyms:
   importunity, entreaty, insistence, solicitation

3. urgencynoun

   Synonyms:
   incitement, stimulus, spur, goad

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. urgencynoun

   Synonyms:
   insistence, pressure, importunity, exigency, stress, necessity, incitement

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1. List of paraphrases for "urgency":

   urgent, emergency, urgence, exigency, haste, emergencies, urgently

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1. Bernardino Leon:

   There is a growing sense of urgency (in Libya) ... that the country should no longer be held hostage to the narrow interests of a few on either side of the political divide.

2. Garret Martin:

   The delays, that could probably be worked out, but China’s behavior and the economic coercion against Australia and others, I think, created a real sense of urgency and real domestic pressure. (Australia has) a lot of sea coast to defend, and the Pacific Ocean is massive, so having that long range made a big difference for them.

3. Rochelle Walensky:

   We will continue to evaluate data as it becomes available in real-time and with urgency and update our recommendations to make sure that all of those at risk have the protection they need.

4. Amy McGrath:

   While each of our experiences are unique, as a woman in the military, I had to repeatedly fight the establishment during my 20-year career, no one needs to convince me of the urgency to address the issues of equal pay and equal justice, affordable health care for all, real action on voting rights, and ending the corrosive grip that corporate special interests have on our federal government.

5. Daniel Colón Ramos:

   All those emergencies and collective trauma primed Puerto Rico and the leadership, the scientific community, the healthcare community, there was a sense of urgency. A lot of people that I have worked with, their attitude was like : Not on my watch. Not again.