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Synonyms of pressing in English:

pressing


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adjective

1‘a pressing problem’

SYNONYMS
urgent, critical, crucial, acute, desperate, serious, grave, dire, drastic, burning, extreme, life-and-death
ANTONYMS

non-urgent

2‘I have a pressing engagement’

SYNONYMS
important, of the utmost importance, high-priority, pivotal, critical, crucial, compelling, demanding, necessary, key, vital
imperative, essential, of the essence
inescapable
ANTONYMS

unimportant

3‘a pressing invitation to dinner’

SYNONYMS
insistent, persistent, determined, resolute, tenacious, obstinate, dogged, unrelenting, importunate
repeated, unremitting, continuous, incessant, demanding, entreating, clamorous
rare exigent