emergent

¹emer·gent

adj \i-ˈmər-jənt\

Definition of EMERGENT

1

a : arising unexpectedly b : calling for prompt action : urgent <emergent danger>

2

a : rising out of or as if out of a fluid <emergent coastal islands> b : rooted in shallow water and having most of its vegetative growth above water <an emergent plant>

3

: arising as a natural or logical consequence

4

: newly formed or prominent <emergent nations>

Examples of EMERGENT

1. <since it was not seen as an emergent problem, it was continually put off>

Origin of EMERGENT

Middle English, from Latin emergent-, emergens, present participle of emergere

First Known Use: 1593

Related to EMERGENT

Synonyms: burning, clamant, compelling, critical, crying, dire, acute, exigent, imperative, imperious, importunate, instant, necessitous, pressing, urgent

Antonyms: noncritical, nonurgent

Related Words: demanding, extreme, immediate, insistent, intense, overriding; crucial, desperate, grave, life-and-death (also life-or-death), serious, severe, vital; dangerous, explosive, hazardous, perilous, precarious, unstable

Near Antonyms: incidental, low-pressure, minor, negligible, trivial, unimportant; nonthreatening, safe, stable

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Rhymes with EMERGENT

assurgent, convergent, detergent, divergent, insurgent, resurgent