urgency

Meaning

1. The quality or condition of being urgent.
2. Insistence, pressure, urge.
3. A sudden and compelling need to urinate that is difficult to defer, associated with conditions such as urinary tract infections and overactive bladder.

Synonyms

emergency

pressure

imminence

importunity

hurry

exigency

rush

pressing

urging

insistence

requirement

acuteness

need

haste

exigence

accident

promptness

rapid

seriousness

severity

state of emergency

straits

tension

topicality

under pressure

urgent

‼️

predicament

compelling

crisis

doggedness

eagerness

earnest

fast

imperativeness

importance

instancy

necessity

obstinacy

perseverance

persistence

plight

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɜː.d͡ʒən.si/

Etymology

Probably from urgent + -cy.