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imperativeadjective forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by lawreporting signs of physical abuse is now an imperative duty for hospital and school personnel compulsory, forced, incumbent, involuntary, mandatory, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, peremptory, required all-important, essential, indispensable, needed, requisiteinsistent, persistent, pressing, urgentdemanded, enforcedcoercive elective, optional, voluntary chosen, discretionarydispensable, unnecessary, unneeded, unwantedinconsequential, insignificant, nonessential, unimportant impossible to do withoutproper equipment is imperative for the success of this chemical experiment all-important, critical, essential, indispensable, integral, must-have, necessary, necessitous, needed, needful, required, requisite, vital prerequisitecompulsory, mandatory, nonelective, obligatoryconsequential, crucial, important, major, material, meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, weightybasic, central, fundamental, key, organicinsistent, persistent, pressing, urgent of the essence dispensable, inessential, needless, nonessential, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded undesired, unwantedinconsequential, insignificant, unimportantexcess, external, extra, extraneous, superfluous, surplus needing immediate attentionan imperative need for medical supplies in the earthquake-ravaged country acute, burning, clamant, compelling, critical, crying, dire, emergent, exigent, imperious, importunate, instant, necessitous, pressing, urgent demanding, extreme, immediate, insistent, intense, overridingcrucial, desperate, grave, life-and-death(also life-or-death), serious, severe, vitaldangerous, explosive, hazardous, perilous, precarious, unstable noncritical, nonurgent incidental, low-pressure, minor, negligible, trivial, unimportantnonthreatening, safe, stable a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerneda secretary of defense who was fond of issuing harshly worded imperatives behest, charge, command, commandment, decree, dictate, direction, directive, do, edict, injunction, instruction, order, word demand, requirementmandatecountermand, counterorderlaw, precept, prescript, prescription, ruleordinance, regulation, statute appeal, entreaty, petition, plea, urgingproposal, recommendation, suggestion something one must do because of prior agreementalthough he had little taste for the social imperatives that come with being governor, he put on a brave face burden, charge, commitment, devoir, do(archaic), duty, incumbency, need, obligation, office, responsibility oath, pledge, promise, troth, vow, wordarrangement, prearrangement, setupcompact, contract, covenant, pact, trustdebt, payment, tributecompulsion, constraint, restraintmust, requirementcoercion, duress, forceappointment, engagement, reservationonus grace, postponement, staydischarge, ease, exemption, release, relief, waiverloopholealternative, choice, option, pick, preference, selection adj.masterful, domineering, imperious, peremptory, imperative mean tending to impose one's will on others.masterful implies a strong personality and ability to act authoritatively.her masterful personality soon dominated the movement domineering suggests an overbearing or arbitrary manner and an obstinate determination to enforce one's will.children controlled by domineering parents imperious implies a commanding nature or manner and often suggests arrogant assurance.an imperious executive used to getting his own way peremptory implies an abrupt dictatorial manner coupled with an unwillingness to brook disobedience or dissent.given a peremptory dismissal imperative implies peremptoriness arising more from the urgency of the situation than from an inherent will to dominate.an imperative appeal for assistance in the 15th century |