Synonyms of importunate

importunate

adjective

as in urgent

needing immediate attention

the demands of the chairmanship were becoming too importunate for me to continue without an assistant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• urgent
• acute
• pressing
• emergent
• compelling
• crying
• intense
• desperate
• exigent
• dire
• critical
• imperious
• clamant
• imperative
• insistent
• necessitous
• instant
• serious
• burning
• immediate
• demanding
• extreme
• dangerous
• overriding
• crucial
• hazardous
• severe
• life-and-death
• perilous
• precarious
• life-or-death
• grave
• explosive
• unstable
• vital

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minor
• trivial
• unimportant
• incidental
• negligible
• noncritical
• low-pressure
• nonurgent
• stable
• safe
• nonthreatening

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