Longing and Urgency

Longing

Longing noun - A strong wish for something.

Urgency and longing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Urgency" instead a noun "Longing".

Nearby Words: longed, longingly

Urgency

Urgency noun - The state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity.
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Synonyms for Urgency

Longing and urgency are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Longing" instead a noun "Urgency".

Nearby Words: urgent, urgently

How words are described

physical physical longing physical urgency
extreme extreme longing extreme urgency
desperate desperate longing desperate urgency
increasing increasing longing increasing urgency
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Urgency and Longing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/longing/urgency
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