| Main Entry: | clamant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clamorous |
Synonyms: |
blatant, dire, imperative, pressing, urgent |
| Notes: | to be thersitical is to be loudmouthed or foulmouthed; clamant is loud and insistent |
| Main Entry: | burning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
Synonyms: |
acute, clamant, clamorous, compelling, critical, crucial, crying, dire, essential, exigent, imperative, importunate, instant, pressing, significant, urgent, vital |
Antonyms: |
unimportant |
| Main Entry: | dire |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | urgent; crucial |
Synonyms: |
acute, burning, clamant, clamorous, climacteric, critical, crying, desperate, drastic, exigent, extreme, immoderate, imperative, importunate, instant, pressing |
Antonyms: |
trivial, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | exigent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | urgent, pressing |
Synonyms: |
acute, burning, clamant, clamorous, constraining, critical, crucial, crying, imperative, importunate, insistent, instant, menacing, necessary, needful, threatening |
Antonyms: |
ordinary, unpressured, usual |
| Main Entry: | imperative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | necessary |
Synonyms: |
acute, burning, clamant, clamorous, compulsory, critical, crucial, crying, essential, exigent, immediate, important, importunate, indispensable, inescapable, insistent, instant, no turning back, obligatory, pressing, urgent, vital |
Antonyms: |
inessential, optional, secondary, unnecessary, voluntary |
| Main Entry: | importunate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | demanding, insistent |
Synonyms: |
burning, clamant, clamorous, crying, disturbing, dogged, earnest, exigent, harassing, imperative, instant, overly solicitous, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, pressing, solicitous, troublesome, urgent |
Antonyms: |
relaxed, undemanding, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | insistent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | demanding |
Synonyms: |
assertive, burning, clamant, clamorous, continuous, crying, dire, dogged, emphatic, exigent, forceful, imperative, imperious, importunate, incessant, obstinate, peremptory, perseverant, persevering, persistent, pressing, reiterative, resolute, resounding, unrelenting, urgent |
Antonyms: |
disinterested, indifferent, lenient, tolerant |
| Main Entry: | instant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immediate, urgent |
Synonyms: |
burning*, clamant, contemporary, crying*, current, dire, direct, exigent, existent, extant, fast, imperative, importunate, insistent, instantaneous, on-the-spot, present, present-day, pressing, prompt, quick, split-second |
Antonyms: |
delayed, eventual, late, later |
| Main Entry: | pressing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important; urgent |
Synonyms: |
acute, burning, claiming, clamant, clamorous, compelling, constraining, critical, crucial, crying, demanding, dire, distressing, exacting, exigent, forcing, heat-on, high-priority, hurry-up, immediate, imperative, importunate, insistent, instant, life-and-death, obliging, requiring, serious, vital |
Antonyms: |
insignificant, trivial, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | urgent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | needing immediate attention |
Synonyms: |
burning*, called-for, capital, chief, clamant, clamorous, compelling, critical, crucial, crying*, demanded, demanding, driving, essential, exigent, foremost, heavy*, hurry-up, immediate, impelling, imperative, important, importunate, indispensable, insistent, instant, leading, life and death, momentous, necessary, paramount, persuasive, pressing, primary, principal, required, salient, serious, top-priority, touch and go, touchy*, vital, wanted, weighty |
Antonyms: |
moderate, unimportant, unnecessary |