urgent
Cannot wait long
Urgent describes something requiring immediate attention or action.
An urgent message demands a quick response; an urgent need cannot wait.
The word implies time pressure—delay could mean missed opportunity or harm.
Urgent often appears in medical contexts (urgent care) and business communications, where it signals priority over routine matters.
Happening without delay
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- time-criticalRequiring immediate action
- last-minuteJust before deadline
eleventh-hour · rush · expedite · priority · ASAP · stat · prompt · swift
Decisive dangerous moment
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- 911Crisis response number
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- evacuationRemoval from danger
rescue · triage · paramedic · siren · hospital · disaster · catastrophe · distress
Intensely severe or perceptive
- severeExtremely harsh or strict
- direExtremely serious or urgent
- graveSerious and worrying
- seriousWeighty and requiring attention
crucial · vital · essential · paramount · life-threatening · high-stakes · pivotal · decisive
Provoking fear or anxiety
- franticWildly anxious or desperate
- panickedOverwhelmed by sudden fear
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
worried · agitated · breathless · tense · stressed · overwrought · harried · flustered
Continuing despite difficulty
- demandingRequiring great effort
- importunatePersistently demanding
- pleadingUrgent heartfelt request
- emphaticExpressed with force
forceful · compelling · earnest · fervent · vehement · entreating · imploring · beseeching
immediate
Happening without delay
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- time-criticalRequiring immediate action
last-minute · eleventh-hour · rush · expedite · priority · ASAP · stat · prompt · swift · fast-track
crisis
Decisive dangerous moment
evacuation · rescue · triage · paramedic · siren · hospital · disaster · catastrophe · distress · mayday
acute
Intensely severe or perceptive
serious · crucial · vital · essential · paramount · life-threatening · high-stakes · pivotal · decisive · perilous
alarming
Provoking fear or anxiety
anxious · worried · agitated · breathless · tense · stressed · overwrought · harried · flustered · on-edge
persistent
Continuing despite difficulty
- demandingRequiring great effort
- importunatePersistently demanding
- pleadingUrgent heartfelt request
emphatic · forceful · compelling · earnest · fervent · vehement · entreating · imploring · beseeching · clamoring
- dramatic tonesintense, tense, suspenseful, ominous, foreboding
- hurry uphurry, hurry up, rush, hustle, move it
- speaking stylesarticulate, blunt, candid, conversational, casual
- taskstask, tasks, chore, errand, to-dos
- time pressurerush, against the clock, rushed, clock is ticking, no time to lose
- U-wordsugly, ultimate, ultra, umbrella, unable
urgentnonurgent
Not requiring immediate attention
leisurely · unhurried · relaxed · unrushed · low-priority
urgenttrivial
Lacking significance or weight
unimportant · insignificant · inconsequential · negligible · minor
- urgent careWalk-in medical facility
- urge onEncourage to proceed
- urgent messageCommunication needing quick response
- the urgeStrong inner drive
- urgent needPressing demand for action
- primal urgeFundamental instinctual drive