IMPERATIVE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • some duty that is essential and urgent
   Hypernyms(s) imperative is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • duty (what does duty mean?)
   • responsibility (what does responsibility mean?)
   • obligation (what does obligation mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener’’s behavior
   Synonym(s)
   • imperative mood (what does imperative mood mean?)
   • jussive mood (what does jussive mood mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) imperative is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • mood (what does mood mean?)
   • mode (what does mode mean?)
   • modality (what does modality mean?)

IMPERATIVE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • requiring attention or action
   Usage Example(s)
   • as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative
   • requests that grew more and more imperative
   Antonym(s)
   • beseeching (what does beseeching mean?)
   Similar To
   • adjuratory (what does adjuratory mean?)
   • clamant (what does clamant mean?)
   • crying (what does crying mean?)
   • exigent (what does exigent mean?)
   • insistent (what does insistent mean?)
   • instant (what does instant mean?)
   • desperate (what does desperate mean?)
   • pressing (what does pressing mean?)
   • urgent (what does urgent mean?)
   • peremptory (what does peremptory mean?)
   See Also
   • assertive (what does assertive mean?)
2. Meaning
   • relating to verbs in the imperative mood
   Pertainym(s)
   • imperative mood (what does imperative mood mean?)
   • imperative (what does imperative mean?)
   • jussive mood (what does jussive mood mean?)