Exigency Synonyms

ĕksə-jən-sē, ĭg-zĭjən-
Demand
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. need
  2. necessity
  3. emergency
  4. requirement
  5. exigence
  6. crisis
  7. difficulty
  8. want
  9. dilemma
  10. fix
  11. jam
  12. juncture
  13. urgency
  14. pickle
  15. pinch
  16. plight
  17. quandary
Something asked for or needed.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Often used in plural: demand
  2. exigence
  3. need
  4. want
  5. importunacy
  6. pressingness

Words Related to Exigency

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Exigency Sentence Examples

  • And of course to make the fundamental observation that architecture is the result of human agency and practical exigency.

  • But when the Hats became the armourbearers of France in the north, a protector strong enough to counteract French influence became the cardinal exigency of their opponents, the younger Caps, who now flung themselves into the arms of Russia, overlooking the fact that even a pacific union with Russia was more to be feared than a martial alliance with France.

  • To meet this exigency, Zarlino proposed that for the lute the octave should be divided into twelve equal semitones; and after centuries of discussion this system of "equal temperament" has, within the last thirty-five years, been universally adopted as the best attainable for keyed instruments of every description.3 Again, Zarlino was in advance of his age in his classification of the ecclesiastical modes.