Synonyms & related words for exigency

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of exigency — including exigence, emergency, urgency, imperativeness, importunity, crisis. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to exigency

Explore words related to exigency — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include exigent, necessity, urgent, needfulness, nonemergency, requirement, needful, instancy. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for exigency

Common synonyms for exigency include exigence, emergency, urgency, imperativeness, importunity, crisis, contingency, imperative — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does exigency come from?

The word exigency breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root ig-, from Latin ago (“drive, demand”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.