exigent

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \ˈek-sə-jənt\
- /ˈek.sɪ.dʒənt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \ˈek-sə-jənt\

Definitions of exigent word

noun exigent Pressing ; demanding. 1
adjective exigent urgent, demanding 1
adjective exigent urgent; pressing 0
adjective exigent exacting; demanding 0
adjective exigent calling for immediate action or attention; urgent; critical 0
adjective exigent requiring more than is reasonable; demanding; exacting 0

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Parts of speech for Exigent

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pronoun

preposition

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determiner

exclamation

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

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Synonyms for exigent

adjective exigent

urgent — compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.
pressing — urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need.
crucial — If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important.
vital — of or relating to life: vital processes.
important — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.

All 42 Synonyms of exigent

Antonyms for exigent

adjective exigent

unimportant — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
easy — not hard or difficult; requiring no great labor or effort: a book that is easy to read; an easy victory.
facile — moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality: facile fingers; a facile mind.
ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
unpressured — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.

All 6 Antonyms of exigent

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