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urgent

Divide urgent into syllables:

ur · gent

How to pronounce urgent:

Synonyms for urgent:

acute
clamant
compelling
critical
crucial
crying
dangerous
demanding
desperate
dire
emergent
exigent
extreme
hazardous
immediate
imperative
imperious
importunate
insistent
instant
intense
pressing
serious

Antonyms for urgent:

apathetic
at a low level
auxiliary
beside the point
calm
casual
collateral
commonplace
de minimis
diminutive
dinky
easy
everyday
exiguous
extra
extraneous
facetious
facile
favorable
favourable
fiddling
flimsy
flip
flippant
foolish
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