more urgent

ADJECTIVE

needing immediate attention

Synonyms

STRONGEST

compelling critical crucial demanding essential immediate imperative important indispensable necessary persuasive pressing serious vital weighty

WEAK

burning called-for capital chief clamant clamorous crying demanded driving exigent foremost heavy hurry-up impelling importunate insistent instant leading life and death momentous paramount primary principal required salient top-priority touch and go touchy wanted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy facile inessential insignificant light minor needless nonessential optional secondary small trivial uncritical unimportant unnecessary unsubstantial voluntary

WEAK

moderate

Example Sentences

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"The message is more urgent than it's ever been," says Hewlett.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

That has made the hunt for the next group of market leaders more urgent.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

But the questions will only become more urgent, especially if Musk gets close to his goal—which, admittedly, is something more than a moonshot—of one million satellites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The more urgent question is whether current testing misses people whose brains are already affected despite "normal" results.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Proximity to the condemned and incarcerated made the question of each person's humanity more urgent and meaningful, including my own.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson