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Noun
▲
A serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action
crisis
extremity
exigency
accident
danger
difficulty
disaster
plight
predicament
scrape
calamity
catastrophe
quandary
crunch
fix
mess
necessity
pinch
clutch
conjuncture
crossroads
dilemma
Dunkirk
head
hole
jam
juncture
pickle
strait
tinderbox
spot
tight corner
tight spot
urgent situation
boiling point
breaking point
climax
compulsion
crossroad
crunch time
depression
desperate straits
dire straits
distress
flash point
impasse
meltdown
misadventure
pass
pressure
push
squeeze
tension
tragedy
trauma
unforeseen circumstances
urgency
vicissitude
zero hour
critical situation
hot water
panic stations
turning point
more ❯
“Between the hours of 9am and 6 pm these appliances will not be crewed unless a dire emergency arises.”
Noun
▲
The department of a hospital that treats emergencies
casualty
emerg
ER
critical care facility
emergency clinic
emergency ward
triage room
emergency department
trauma centerUS
trauma centreUK
medical crisis unit
ICU
intensive care unit
emergency room
ward
accident and emergency
intensive care
unit
intensive treatment unit
ITU
area
cubicle
room
compartment
department
“The patient was in a critical condition and was rushed to emergency.”
Noun
▲
A future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty
event
occurrence
case
outcome
eventuality
possibility
likelihood
circumstance
contingence
contingency
contingent
happenstance
chance
episode
happening
incident
situation
conjuncture
development
experience
appearance
crisis
probability
risk
happenchance
matter
misfortune
advent
consequence
effect
issue
predicament
result
upshot
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled
imperilment
danger
distress
endangerment
jeopardy
peril
risk
trouble
clouds
crisis
dynamite
exigency
exposure
hazard
insecurity
instability
menace
pitfall
possibility
precariousness
precipice
probability
slipperiness
storm
threat
uncertainty
venture
vulnerability
harm's way
double trouble
hot potato
risky business
thin ice
more ❯
Noun
▲
Urgent matter
matter of life and death
case of emergency
case of need
exigency
grave affair
matter of necessity
necessitude
urgency
vitalness
Noun
▲
An person suffering, or struck by, a disease, injury, or problem
case
patient
sufferer
victim
infirm
convalescent
invalid
client
subject
sick person
outpatient
inpatient
sick
valetudinarian
inmate
shut-in
day patient
hospital patient
Noun
▲
A mistake arising from or resulting in confusion
muddle
mistake
error
blunder
bungle
complication
dilemma
fault
gaffe
miscalculation
misstep
oversight
slip
stumble
aberration
clanger
difficulty
flaw
flub
gaff
goof
hash
lapse
misunderstanding
quandary
trouble
upheaval
commotion
complexity
encumbrance
fail
fluff
howler
intricacy
screwup
slipup
snafu
snarl
struggle
awkwardness
involvement
foul-up
mix-up
slip-up
balls-up
false move
false step
faux pas
screw-up
boo-boo
car crash
more ❯
Noun
▲
Great haste
hurry
haste
rush
bustle
commotion
flurry
quickness
speed
urgency
celerity
swiftness
hustle
rapidity
confusion
fleetness
hubbub
precipitation
scurry
agitation
fastness
hastiness
precipitousness
race
rapidness
scramble
speediness
turmoil
velocity
hurry-scurry
pother
promptitude
dash
dispatch
drive
expedition
expeditiousness
frenzy
imperativeness
panic
precipitance
precipitateness
push
rustle
time pressure
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Arising from or used in an emergency
crisis
urgent
extraordinary
immediate
impromptu
serious
drastic
desperate
high-priority
top-priority
crash
rush
critical
crucial
pressing
grave
acute
compelling
great
essential
important
paramount
vital
dire
necessary
importunate
extreme
intense
exigent
significant
more ❯
“Officials of the main labour federation convened an emergency meeting yesterday on the reverberations throughout the economy.”
Adjective
▲
Available in case of an emergency
alternative
extra
substitute
replacement
backup
reserve
spare
additional
auxiliary
standby
fallback
fill-in
makeshift
stopgap
temporary
in reserve
stand-in
relief
alternate
other
supplementary
second
another
deputy
complementary
back-up
different
secondary
surrogate
possible
more ❯
“The plane is carrying emergency supplies.”
Adjective
▲
Temporarily helping
stopgap
provisional
temporary
impromptu
improvised
interim
makeshift
acting
caretaker
short-term
stand-in
working
expediential
fill-in
jury
jury-rigged
pro tem
Band-Aid
expedient
practical
rough-and-ready
rough-and-tumble
substitute
temp
throwaway
rough and ready
make-do
ad interim
ad hoc
pro tempore
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Created or done for a particular purpose as necessary
ad hoc
impromptu
improvised
extemporaneous
extemporary
extempore
makeshift
ad-lib
expedient
improvisational
make-do
offhand
offhanded
off-the-cuff
snap
spur-of-the-moment
unconsidered
unplanned
unpremeditated
unprepared
unrehearsed
unstudied
jury
jury-rigged
cobbled together
down and dirty
extemporisedUK
extemporizedUS
informal
provisional
rough and ready
special
specific
specified
thrown together
quick and dirty
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Done or completed too hurriedly; hasty
rushed
hasty
hurried
fast
quick
swift
cursory
precipitate
rapid
brisk
drive-by
expeditious
flying
gadarene
headlong
helter-skelter
overhasty
pell-mell
precipitous
prompt
rash
speedy
urgent
driven
pressed
pressured
impulsive
sudden
impetuous
reckless
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Just before it is too late
last-minute
final
eleventh-hour
frantic
last-ditch
late
deathbed
last
last-gasp
rushed
desperate
last-chance
all-out
do-or-die
last-resort
frenzied
wild
ultimate
Hail Mary
straining
struggling
heroic
extreme
one last
Adjective
▲
Intended to protect someone or something
protective
protecting
covering
defensive
preservative
safeguarding
shielding
insulating
fireproof
precautionary
preventative
preventive
safety
self-protective
waterproof
armoredUS
armouredUK
heatproof
shatterproof
sheltering
toughened
conservational
conservative
custodial
defending
guardian
guarding
deterrent
prophylactic
inhibitory
more ❯
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