Synonyms of emergent

emergent

adjective

i-ˈmər-jənt 

as in urgent

needing immediate attention

since the problem was not seen as emergent, implementation of the expensive solution for it was continually put off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• urgent
• acute
• critical
• pressing
• compelling
• intense
• dire
• imperative
• exigent
• crying
• instant
• desperate
• serious
• immediate
• importunate
• extreme
• imperious
• burning
• insistent
• crucial
• clamant
• overriding
• dangerous
• necessitous
• hazardous
• life-and-death
• demanding
• severe
• explosive
• precarious
• life-or-death
• unstable
• perilous
• vital
• grave

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minor
• incidental
• unimportant
• trivial
• noncritical
• low-pressure
• negligible
• nonurgent
• stable
• safe
• nonthreatening

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of emergent

Notably, the secret document also confirms earlier reporting by the Miami Herald first describing how remittances have helped finance Cuba’s emergent private sector. —Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025

There’s a sense of abandon meshed with a quite organized fan worship — that’s the stuff emergent hip-hop celebrity is now made of. —Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024

The main source of the hoopla is the emergent Chinese startup DeepSeek, which rattled the Club stock late last month with claims of more efficient AI models. —Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025

This adds to an emergent trend, as the seven worst-performing Marvel films in their second weeks of release all came out after Avengers: Endgame. —Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025