top-priority

ADJECTIVE

urgent

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 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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My writing went faster because I started the week focused on my top-priority project, instead of fracturing my attention with emails and calls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

One option would be for leaders in the House and Senate to attach the measure to one of those top-priority bills.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2024

Segura said that targeting the most vulnerable communities could maximize investments and results but admitted that the city needs a sustainable funding source to execute its top-priority projects.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023

That’s disturbing news, given the decades-long trend of NASA’s top-priority missions ballooning in cost and wreaking havoc elsewhere in the space agency’s science budget.

From Scientific American • May 9, 2023

"I'm in charge of personnel, here; that makes me his top-priority target, all the time."

From Day of the Moron by Piper, H. Beam

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