exigent
adjectiveDivide exigent into syllables:
ex · i · gent
How to pronounce exigent:
Definition of exigent:
- exigent (adjective):
- demanding attention.
- requiring immediate aid or action
Synonyms for exigent:
acute
clamant
compelling
constraining
critical
crucial
crying
desperate
dire
emergent
imperative
imperious
importunate
insistent
instant
intense
necessary
needful
pressing
urgent
Antonyms for exigent:
abortive
adverse
apathetic
auxiliary
avoidable
beside the point
calm
casual
commonplace
counterproductive
de minimis
diminutive
dinky
disadvantageous
discretional
discretionary
dispensable
dysfunctional
easy
elective
everyday
expendable
extraneous
facetious
facile
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