Urgent

Adjective

compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing

an urgent matter.

insistent or earnest in solicitation; importunate, as a person

an urgent pleader.

expressed with insistence, as requests or appeals

an urgent tone of voice.

Antonyms

adjective

moderate , unimportant , unnecessary

Synonyms

adjective

burning * , called-for , capital , chief , clamant , clamorous , compelling , critical , crucial , crying * , demanded , demanding , driving , essential , exigent , foremost , heavy * , hurry-up , immediate , impelling , imperative , important , importunate , indispensable , insistent , instant , leading , life and death , momentous , necessary , paramount , persuasive , pressing , primary , principal , required , salient , serious , top-priority , touch and go , touchy * , vital , wanted , weighty * , crying , dire , emergent , importune , persistent , grave , imperious , peremptory , pertinacious