Exigency synonyms
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The condition of being in need of immediate assistance:
The condition or quality of lacking something usual or necessary:
A situation which poses an immediate threat to human life or health and requires urgent assistance.
A future event or circumstance whose occurrence is not certain.
Something urgent
crisis (related)
A crucial or decisive point or situation, especially a difficult or unstable situation involving an impending change.
difficulty (related)
The condition or quality of being difficult:
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necessity (related)
Great or imperative need
requirement (related)
The definition of a requirement is something that is necessary.
need (related)
A condition of poverty or misfortune:
The definition of a dilemma is a situation where there is no clear easy choice or answer.
(Informal) A clear understanding or evaluation
Jam is defined as being in an intense or difficult situation, or is a preserve made from whole fruit and sugar.
The definition of a pickle is an awkward or difficult situation.
An emergency situation:
(Now chiefly dialectal) Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
A state of uncertainty; perplexing situation or position; dilemma
Trouble; difficulty:
A state of distress, affliction, difficulty, or need:
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(Medicine) The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the menopause. [from 18th c.]
The seat of the faculty of reason; intelligence, intellect, or mind:
A sexual invitation or overture:
The definition of a turning point is a point in time when something happens that causes a shift or an irrevocable change in direction.
The hour or moment at which a military attack or other important operation is to begin
Often used in plural: demand
Something asked for or needed.
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help (related)
(--- Archaic) A person employed to help, especially a farm worker or domestic servant.
necessary (related)
Something indispensable.
decide (related)
A decisive point
over (related)
The period of time during which this takes place
importunacy
Constant demanding and pressure; importunity.
pressingness
vagary (related)
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vicissitude (related)
privation (related)
Find another word for exigency. In this page you can discover 37 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for exigency, like: distress, want, emergency, contingency, urgency, crisis, difficulty, necessity, requirement, need and dilemma.