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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Now, as several massive private companies including SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI prepare to enter the public markets, it’s more urgent than ever to be aware of index construction and how it impacts investors.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 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

Now, DeepSeek has a more urgent need for capital than before to retain top talent and keep advancing its AI capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

WTO reform has become more urgent with the prolonged paralysis of the organisation's dispute settlement system.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

So Butterscotch barked—first a couple of tentative yips, then louder and more urgent.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper