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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more urgent

The question has grown more urgent after recent revelations of security incidents involving autonomous AI agents.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Doubtful, given the more urgent issues on the table—and, likely, both leaders’ reluctance to place limits on any competitive activity.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The problem became more urgent as recent solar activity caused Earth's upper atmosphere to expand.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

But first-person accounts—from inside and outside the towers on the day in question—surely make for more urgent viewing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Their faces wrinkled in confusion, and they did more urgent whispering back and forth to one another.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

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