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emergent

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of emergent

needing immediate attention

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

Synonyms of emergent

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

Words Related to emergent

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 of emergent

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

nonthreatening, safe, stable

Antonyms of emergent

noncritical, nonurgent

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