Back burner and Priority
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Back burner
Back burner noun - Reduced priority.
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Synonyms for Back burner
Priority is an antonym for back burner.
Priority
Priority noun - The right to one's attention before other things considered less important.
Usage example: the committee has decided to give your request priority, so you'll have a meeting early tomorrow morning
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Synonyms for Priority
Back burner is an antonym for priority.
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Priority and Back burner. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/back_burner/priority
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