compelling

Synonyms

acute, burning, critical, crying, dire, emergent, exigent, imperative, imperious, importunate, instant, necessitous, pressing, urgent;

Antonyms

noncritical, nonurgent;

Near Antonyms

incidental, low-pressure, minor, negligible, trivial, unimportant;

nonthreatening, safe, stable;

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;