urgent

Meaning

1. Requiring immediate attention.
2. Of people: insistent, solicitous.

Synonyms

pressing

compelling

imperative

hasty

emergency

importunate

immediate

exigent

necessary

vital

imminent

instant

emergent

acute

impending

earnest

indispensable

critical

‼️

hurried

prompt

quick

serious

crucial

important

crying

severe

anxious

essential

crisis

insistent

needful

rushing

special

speedy

strenuous

strict

stringent

strong

sudden

suddenly

thirst

thirsty

tight

tremendous

trouble

uneasy

urgency

in tears

very important

ending quickly

not suffering delay

not to be deferred

hurry-up

abrupt

undelayable

badly

busy

clamant

daily

draw together

due

express

extra

fervent

grave

🪦

hurry up

impeding

imperious

impetuous

inevitable

instantaneous

mechanics

momentous

mournful

obstinate

of current importance

opportunity

posthaste

press

quickly

rapid

relevant

required

requisite

rush

Hyphenated as

ur‧gent

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɜː.d͡ʒənt/

Etymology

Cognate with German: würgen

Cognate with Lithuanian: verzti

Cognate with Russian: -

Cognate with Polish: otwierać

Cognate with English: worry

In summary

Borrowed from Middle French urgent (“pressing, impelling”), from Latin urgēns, from urgēre (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”). Related to German würgen (“to strangle”), Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to string, tighten, constrict”), Russian (poetic) отверза́ть (otverzátʹ, “to open”, literally “to untie”), Polish otwierać (“to open”)) and English worry, wring, wreak, wreck.