Dictionary Entry
exigent
exigent is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical.
- 2noun
Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment.
- 3noun
The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry.
- 4adjective
requiring precise accuracy
"an exacting job"
"became more exigent over his pronunciation"
Synonyms
- 5adjective
demanding attention- H.L.Mencken
"clamant needs"
"a crying need"
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