urgency

urgency is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 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 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.
2. noun. pressing importance requiring speedy action

   "the urgency of his need"

3. noun. insistent solicitation and entreaty

   "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"

   Synonyms: importunity, urging

4. noun. an urgent situation calling for prompt action

   "I'll be there, barring any urgencies"

   "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs"

5. noun. the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity

Synonyms

importunity, urging

Common word forms

urgencies

Words from these letters

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