time-sensitive
Expires if delayed
Time-sensitive describes something that must be handled within a specific timeframe or loses its value.
A time-sensitive document requires prompt attention; time-sensitive information becomes useless if delayed.
The term appears frequently in business and legal contexts: Please review this time-sensitive material before the deadline.
Owed or expected
- cutoffPoint of termination
- submissionYielding to another's will
- targetObject of pursuit
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
schedule · calendar · timeline · timetable · appointment · date · punctuality · completion
Needing immediate attention
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- immediateHappening without delay
- expediteSpeed up a process
- rushQuick sudden movement
hurry · fast-track · accelerate · swift · quick · rapid · prompt · priority
Of supreme importance
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- imperativeUnavoidably necessary
- decisiveQuick to conclude
pivotal · momentous · high-stakes · consequential · important · significant · key · paramount
due
Owed or expected
- cutoffPoint of termination
- submissionYielding to another's will
- targetObject of pursuit
milestone · schedule · calendar · timeline · timetable · appointment · date · punctuality · completion · expiration
urgent
Needing immediate attention
rush · hurry · fast-track · accelerate · swift · quick · rapid · prompt · priority · now
crucial
Of supreme importance
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- imperativeUnavoidably necessary
decisive · pivotal · momentous · high-stakes · consequential · important · significant · key · paramount · weighty
crisis
Decisive dangerous moment
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- life-or-deathHaving ultimate stakes
- time pressurerush, against the clock, rushed, clock is ticking, urgency
- timingtiming, stopwatch, pause, early, countdown
- urgencyurgent, urgently, emergency, ASAP, stat
- prioritypriority, top priority, high priority, low-priority, first priority
- courier servicepackage, parcel, dispatch, pickup, delivery
- goalsgoals, goal, aims, objective, objectives
time-sensitivenon-urgent
Not requiring immediate action
low-priority · unimportant · deferrable · postponable · non-critical
time-sensitivetime-independent
Not varying with time
open-ended · timeless · evergreen · flexible · undated
time-sensitiveleisurely
Done without urgency
unhurried · no rush · relaxed · slow-paced · unpressured
time, sensitive, sensation, sensitivity, insensitive, desensitize, sensitize, sensitivities, desensitized