All imperative synonyms
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I i adj imperative
- necessary β being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor.
- obligatory β required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- inescapable β incapable of being escaped, ignored, or avoided; ineluctable: inescapable responsibilities.
- indispensable β absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
- crucial β If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important.
- immediate β occurring or accomplished without delay; instant: an immediate reply.
- compulsory β If something is compulsory, you must do it or accept it, because it is the law or because someone in a position of authority says you must.
- pressing β urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need.
- urgent β compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.
- vital β of or relating to life: vital processes.
- critical β If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
- important β of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- stern β rear of boat
- ordering β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- acute β An acute accent is a symbol that is placed over vowels in some languages in order to indicate how that vowel is pronounced or over one letter in a word to indicate where it is stressed. You refer to a letter with this accent as, for example, e acute. For example, there is an acute accent over the letter 'e' in the French word 'cafΓ©'.
- instant β an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment: They arrived not an instant too soon.
- crying β notorious; lamentable (esp in the phrase crying shame)
- burning β You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
- imperial β of, like, or pertaining to an empire.
- dominant β ruling, governing, or controlling; having or exerting authority or influence: dominant in the chain of command.
- bidding β an order; command (often in the phrases do or follow the bidding of, at someone's bidding)
- aggressive β An aggressive person or animal has a quality of anger and determination that makes them ready to attack other people.
- autocratic β An autocratic person or organization has complete power and makes decisions without asking anyone else's advice.
- bossy β If you describe someone as bossy, you mean that they enjoy telling people what to do.
- commanding β If you are in a commanding position or situation, you are in a strong or powerful position or situation.
- dictatorial β Dictatorial means controlled or used by a dictator.
- domineering β inclined to rule arbitrarily or despotically; overbearing; tyrannical: domineering parents.
- harsh β ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
- high-handed β condescending or presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary: He has a highhanded manner.
- imperious β domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- overbearing β domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
- peremptory β leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command.
- powerful β physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete.
- clamant β noisy
- clamorous β If you describe people or their voices as clamorous, you mean they are talking loudly or shouting.
- importunate β urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- insistent β earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent; pertinacious.
adjective imperative
- essential β Absolutely necessary; extremely important.
- of the essence β the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features: Freedom is the very essence of our democracy.
- exigent β Pressing ; demanding.
- authoritative β Someone or something that is authoritative gives an impression of power and importance and is likely to be obeyed.
noun imperative
- necessity β something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- priority β the state or quality of being earlier in time, occurrence, etc.
- requirement β that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- rule β a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- constraint β A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do.
- obligation β something by which a person is bound or obliged to do certain things, and which arises out of a sense of duty or results from custom, law, etc.
- must β to be obliged; be compelled: Do I have to go? I must, I suppose.
- need β a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.