1. (noun) the state of demanding notice or attention

• imperativeness
• insistence
• press
• pressure

2. (noun) the act of insisting on something

• insistence

1. (noun) the state of demanding notice or attention

• urgency

2. (noun) the act of insisting on something

• advocacy
• protagonism

1. (noun) the state of demanding notice or attention

• blackjack
• blackmail
• pressure
• clamant
• crying
• exigent
• insistent
• instant
• coerce
• force
• hale
• pressure
• squeeze
• imperative
• insistent
• repetitive
• press

2. (noun) the act of insisting on something

• importune
• insist