| Emergent 1. (a.) Suddenly appearing; arising unexpectedly; calling for prompt action; urgent. 2. (a.) Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light. Thesaurus Entries approaching, arising, charged, climacteric, coming, critical, crucial, decisive, desired, destinal, destined, determined, emanating, emanative, emanent, emerging, eventual, exigent, extrapolated, fatal, fated, fatidic, forthcoming, future, futuristic, hereafter, hoped-for, imminent, issuing, kairotic, later, loaded, nearing, pivotal, planned, plotted, predicted, pregnant, probable, projected, prophesied, prospective, surfacing, to come, to-be, transeunt, transient, ultimate |