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Exigent

Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical.

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Similar meaning 4

Demanding 84% connected

of Demand

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Demanding 84% connected

of Demand

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Imperative 84% connected

Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Imperative 84% connected

Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Exigency 74% connected

The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Exigency 74% connected

The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 5

Clamant 92% connected

Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crying 92% connected

of Cry

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Exacting 92% connected

of Exact

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Insistent 92% connected

Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Instant 92% connected

Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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