Synonyms for imperative
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Necessary
inescapable, immediate, crucial, compelling; see crucial, important 1, necessary 1, urgent 1.
Authoritative
masterful, commanding, dominant; see autocratic 1, dominant 2, powerful 1.
See imperative in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Compelling immediate attention:
burning, crying, dire, emergent, exigent, instant, pressing, urgent. See bigImposed on one by authority, command, or convention:
compulsory, mandatory, necessary, obligatory, required, requisite. See obligation
noun
An act or course of action that is demanded of one, as by position, custom, law, or religion:
burden1, charge, commitment, duty, must, need, obligation, responsibility. See obligation
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