Antonyms of adj exigent

2 senses of exigent

Sense 1
clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant -- (demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need")

INDIRECT (VIA imperative) -> beseeching, pleading, imploring -- (begging)

Sense 2
exigent, exacting -- (requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation")

INDIRECT (VIA demanding) -> undemanding -- (requiring little if any patience or effort or skill; "the pay was adequate and the job undemanding"; "simple undemanding affection"; "an undemanding boss")

Similarity of adj exigent

2 senses of exigent

Sense 1
clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant -- (demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need")
       => imperative (vs. beseeching) -- (requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative")

Sense 2
exigent, exacting -- (requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation")
       => demanding (vs. undemanding) -- (requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding")

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