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critical adj.
crucial adj.
pressing adj.

ADJECTIVE

critical

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crucial dangerous decisive dire integral perilous pivotal precarious risky serious significant strategic urgent vital

WEAK

acute all-important bottom-line climacteric conclusive consequential deciding desperate determinative exceptive grave hairy hazardous momentous pressing weighty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

certain inessential minor safe secure sure trivial unimportant unnecessary

WEAK

complimentary laudatory praising uncritical

ADJECTIVE

crucial

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bottom-line central compelling deciding decisive essential imperative momentous necessary pivotal pressing touchy urgent vital

WEAK

acute clamorous climactic desperate dire hanging by thread insistent on thin ice searching showdown touch and go

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inessential insignificant minor optional secondary trivial unimportant unnecessary voluntary

WEAK

uncritical

ADJECTIVE

pressing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acute compelling critical crucial demanding dire immediate imperative insistent serious vital

STRONG

burning claiming constraining crying distressing exacting forcing instant obliging requiring

WEAK

clamant clamorous exigent heat-on hurry-up importunate life-and-death

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dull inessential optional trivial uncritical unimportant

WEAK

insignificant

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high-priority

The FBI briefed the Met officers to question Bayoumi about the other high-priority exhibits, but the detectives in the custody suite were never given, or briefed about, the plane diagram.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Neighborhoods that suffered severe damage would’ve been such high-priority areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026

In its defense programs, GE Aerospace continues "to execute with speed against high-priority military needs in support of US and allied warfighters," Culp added.

From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026

He has clinched deals for government equity stakes in companies and reorganized high-priority programs to report directly to him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Worse than nothing, because now the Germans knew that the Allies considered Vemork a high-priority target.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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