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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
Main Entry: acute
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very important

Synonyms:

afflictive, critical, crucial, dangerous, decisive, desperate, dire, essential, grave, serious, severe, sudden, urgent, vital
Notes: acute is used for a sudden onset and short duration; chronic is for conditions that are slow to develop and of long duration
acute is an angle of less than 90 degrees; obtuse is one of more than 90 degrees
chronic is contrasted with acute as chronic pain persists over a longer period of time than acute pain and is resistant to most medical treatments

Antonyms:

not serious, unimportant
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: cogent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: effective

Synonyms:

apposite, apt, compelling, conclusive, consequential, convictive, convincing, fitting, forceful, forcible, inducing, influential, irresistible, justified, meaningful, momentous, persuasive, pertinent, potent, powerful, puissant, relevant, satisfactory, satisfying, significant, solid, sound, strong, suasive, telling, urgent, valid, weighty, well-grounded

Antonyms:

impotent, ineffective, invalid, weak
Main Entry: compulsive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: driving, obsessive

Synonyms:

besetting, compelling, enthusiastic, irresistible, overwhelming, passionate, uncontrollable, urgent

Antonyms:

controlled, easy-going, free, independent
Main Entry: critical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: urgently important

Synonyms:

acute, all-important, climacteric, conclusive, consequential, crucial, dangerous, deciding, decisive, desperate, determinative, dire, exceptive, grave, hairy*, hazardous, high-priority, integral, momentous, perilous, pivotal, precarious, pressing, risky, serious, significant, strategic, urgent, vital, weighty

Antonyms:

trivial, uncritical, unimportant
Main Entry: crucial
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: critical, important

Synonyms:

acute, central, clamorous, climacteric, climatic, compelling, deciding, decisive, desperate, dire, essential, hanging by thread, high-priority, imperative, insistent, momentous, necessary, on thin ice, pivotal, pressing, searching, showdown, touch and go, touchy, urgent, vital

Antonyms:

inessential, trivial, uncritical, unimportant
Main Entry: dangerous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hazardous, troubling

Synonyms:

alarming, bad, breakneck, chancy, critical, dangersome, deadly, delicate, dynamite, exposed, fatal, formidable, hairy*, heavy*, hot*, impending, impregnable, insecure, jeopardous, loaded, malignant, menacing, mortal, nasty, on collision course, parlous, perilous, portentous, precarious, pressing, queasy, risky, serious, serpentine, shaky, speculative, terrible, thorny, threatening, ticklish, touch-and-go, touchy, treacherous, ugly*, unhealthy, unsafe, unstable, urgent, viperous, vulnerable, wicked

Antonyms:

careful, guarded, safe, secure, unhazardous, untroubled
Main Entry: desperate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: extreme, intense

Synonyms:

acute, climacteric, concentrated, critical, crucial, dire, drastic, exquisite, fierce, furious, great, terrible, urgent, vehement, very grave, vicious, violent

Antonyms:

calm, content, contented, satisfactory, satisfied
Main Entry: earnest
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very enthusiastic

Synonyms:

ardent, busy, devoted, diligent, eager, fervent, fervid, heartfelt, impassioned, industrious, keen, passionate, perseverant, purposeful, sedulous, sincere, urgent, vehement, warm, wholehearted, zealous

Antonyms:

flippant, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unpassionate, unpurposeful, unthoughtful
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