Thesaurus results for IMPORTUNITIES

importunities

noun

plural of importunity

as in demands

something that someone insists upon having overwhelmed by the often conflicting importunities of pressure groups

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

as in harassments

the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another resented the importunity of those annoying telemarketers

Synonyms & Similar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for importunities

Noun

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said Tehran had clearly communicated its demands.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
The hyperscalers' aggressive AI spending is eating into their cash flows, causing some investors to worry that computing capacity may not come online quickly enough to meet Anthropic's demands.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of demands

Noun

Each October, pilgrims walk about 37 miles from the capital and nearby towns to give thanks or make requests to the Virgin of Luján, a small statue of Mary venerated as Argentina's patron saint.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
Powell also did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of requests

Noun

Harper Alderson, editor of Trinity's University Times newspaper, told RTÉ about the disturbances on Tuesday, and said that Irish police had used pepper spray on two protesters.

— Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026
Other disturbances, such as powerful solar storms, can similarly wreak havoc on GPS and other positioning systems.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of disturbances

Noun

District and state social studies curriculum requirements often feature middle school civics courses, and math-civics concepts align well with middle school math standards.

— Ismar Volić, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Digital twins of wind turbines can combine operational data with engineering models to assess performance under changing wind conditions and identify maintenance requirements.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of requirements

Noun

Some are petitioning the State to dissolve the Union, to disregard the requisitions of the President.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
An agent can sit in the background comparing requisitions, POs and invoices against the contract itself, flagging a purchase from the wrong supplier, a price that doesn’t match or a missing volume discount.

— Shaz Khan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of requisitions

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

importuning

importunities

importunity

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Importunities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/importunities. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of importunities

noun

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

boilerplate

Popular in Grammar & Usage

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

31 Useful Rhetorical Devices

More Commonly Misspelled Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

Popular in Wordplay

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Longest Long Words List

The Words of the Week - Nov. 13

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

Popular

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Games & Quizzes