EXIGENT Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

exigent

adjective

ˈek-sə-jənt

Definition of exigent next

as in urgent

needing immediate attention started his workday with a flood of exigent matters that required his quick decision

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Recent Examples of exigent There may be no higher and more exigent emergency facing the State of Texas than this. —

Giles Hudson, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026 Under best practices for policing, officers are never to shoot into moving vehicles except in exigent circumstances, and are trained to avoid placing themselves in harm’s way. —

Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026 There are a few, such as consent searches and exigent circumstances where someone is in danger or evidence is about to be destroyed. —

John E. Jones, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026 About 20 animals were seized without a warrant due to exigent circumstances, according to Geckler. —

Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exigent

Recent Examples of Synonyms for exigent

Adjective

One answer would be that the more savage the storm, the more urgent the need for safe havens.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Simandl was then rushed to Tampa General Hospital for urgent treatment and was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) — a rare and aggressive form of leukemia where immature white blood cells multiply uncontrollably, preventing the body from producing healthy blood cells.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026