EMERGENT Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

emergent

adjective

i-ˈmər-jənt

as in urgent

needing immediate attention since the problem was not seen as emergent, implementation of the expensive solution for it was continually put off

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Recent Examples of emergent One of the structural barriers to that change has been the 911 center’s dispatching software, which is not designed for alternative response and automatically prioritizes emergent 911 calls over the inherently non-emergent STAR calls. —

Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026 In addition, this is an ideal temperature range for many garden products like fertilizers and pre-emergent herbicides to be effective. —

Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026 Stanton’s disdain for immigrants led her into emergent realms of pseudoscience that would transform into eugenics; her rhetoric about women strayed from the principle of gender equality into essentialist ideas about women’s feminine specialness. —

Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026 This behavior, and the personality driving it, is an emergent phenomenon. —

Tharin Pillay, Time, 12 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for emergent

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Adjective

For now, the need for RAM's clinics remains urgent and growing.

— Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
The urgent need to rearm following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and an apparent fracturing of relations within NATO mean Europe must become more self-sufficient in its defense production.

— Sam Meredith,Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026