Synonyms & related words for urgency

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of urgency — including importunity, exigency, imperativeness, exigence, urging, immediacy. 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 urgency

Explore words related to urgency — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include urgent, urgently, instancy, haste, hurry, exigent, hurriedness, eagerness. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for urgency

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

Where does urgency come from?

The word urgency breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root urg-, from Latin urgeo (“press, drive”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.