1
[ adjective ] demanding attention

Synonyms

insistent crying instant clamant

Examples

"clamant needs" "a crying need" "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken "insistent hunger" "an instant need"

Related terms

imperative

2
[ adjective ] requiring precise accuracy

Synonyms

exacting

Examples

"an exacting job" "became more exigent over his pronunciation"

Related terms

demanding

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Rhymes with

encouragement negligent discouragement precedent intransigent indigent acknowledgment diligent management mismanagement acknowledgement excellent negligent urgent agent regiment resurgent contingent stringent astringent insurgent prescient accident reagent emergent divergent regent cogent detergent reagent intransigent intelligent sargent sergeant embellishment refurbishment replenishment decedent oxidant antioxidant antecedent decadent recalcitrant sealant adjutant extant encirclement vigilant fraudulent antecedent management percipient incipient recipient prejudgment dissonant participant reticent predicament divergent emergent convergent persistent percipient tangent nourishment accomplishment banishment garnishment establishment punishment impoverishment astonishment blandishment disestablishment pursuant judgment testament consequent apportionment judgement reapportionment inclement subsequent pungent incident investment consonant insolent disinvestment magnificent coincident pageant significant petulant nonresident resonant litigant insignificant president resident hesitant refrigerant indulgent belligerent insistent equipment inconsistent aspirant self-consistent consistent current integument occupant serpent expectorant silent turbulent truculent servant recurrent elegant arrogant applicant eloquent embarrassment redevelopment embezzlement sacrament emigrant shipment settlement rearrangement instrument abstinent development advertisement excitement exponent arrangement excrement increment underdevelopment resettlement celebrant translucent crosscurrent consultant enlistment magnificent basement stuyvesant incumbent giant ligament miscreant crescent luxuriant sequent indignant assistant reminiscent inefficient self-sufficient deficient coefficient efficient pigment insufficient sufficient beneficent element elephant radiant eminent salient evident constant placement argument variant relevant reimbursement displacement innocent current contestant impediment recent investment reassessment invariant permanent sentiment semipermanent irrelevant emplacement pertinent provident engagement

Phonetic and Homophones

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Similar Spelling

exogen exigency exciseman exogenetic exocentric exogenic exogenous excision

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